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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsBoston Harbert reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Harbert in Colorado County
- Andrew Harbertborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Austin Harbertborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Bartley Harbertborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Bynan Harbertborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Horace Harbertborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Harberts elsewhere 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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