Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Kyle, Colorado County, Texas, 1868

Samuel Kyle registered to vote in Colorado County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Samuel Kyle

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Kyle
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
January 31, 1868
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Colorado County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Colorado County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Samuel Kyle reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Kyle in Colorado County

  • Frank Kyleborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
  • Frank Kyleborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
  • Martin Kyleborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844

Kyles elsewhere in Texas

All 16 freedmen named Kyle 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 47 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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