Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Haywood, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lee Haywood registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Lee Haywood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Haywood
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Haywood in Colorado County
- Hines Haywoodborn in New York, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Haywoodborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Thomas Haywoodborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
Haywoods 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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