Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Boston Harbert, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Boston Harbert registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Boston Harbert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Boston Harbert
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Colorado County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Boston Harbert reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Harbert in Colorado County

Harberts elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Harbert in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 16 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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