Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A. F. Kinnison, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
A. F. Kinnison registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 3 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
A. F. Kinnison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A. F. Kinnison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsA. F. Kinnison reported 8 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 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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