Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Hunter, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Willis Hunter registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 3 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Willis Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Hunter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsWillis Hunter reported 22 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Colorado County
- Augustus Hunterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Crockett Hunterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Gilbert Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Sion Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- William Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Hunters 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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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