Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Irving, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Irving registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
William Irving
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Irving
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Irving in Colorado County
- Andrew Irvingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Parker Irvingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
Irvings elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Irving
- Irvin 16
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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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