Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Jamison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Albert Jamison registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Albert Jamison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Jamison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsAlbert Jamison reported 22 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Jamison in Colorado County
- Elijah Jamisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Jamisons 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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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