Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Parker Irving, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Parker Irving registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Parker Irving
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Parker Irving
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Irving in Colorado County
- Andrew Irvingborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- William Irvingborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 13 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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