Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chas Kessler, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Chas Kessler registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 8 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Chas Kessler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chas Kessler
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsChas Kessler reported 17 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 2 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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