Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Irvin, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Richard Irvin registered to vote in Colorado County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Richard Irvin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Irvin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Irvin in Colorado County
- Randolph Irvinborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- William Irvinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Irvins elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Irvin
- Irving 5
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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