Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Granville Inger, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Granville Inger registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Duplicate issued Jan 27, 1868" 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
4 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Granville Inger

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Granville Inger
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
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored. Duplicate issued Jan 27, 1868"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Granville Inger reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Variations of Inger

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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