Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hargrove, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Hargrove registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
John Hargrove
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hargrove
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hargrove in Colorado County
- Abraham Hargroveborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
Hargroves 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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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