Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Jewell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Major Jewell registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 37 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 37 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1830
- Reached Texas
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
Major Jewell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Jewell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsMajor Jewell reported 36 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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