Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Lawrence, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Andrew Lawrence registered to vote in Colorado County on November 19, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
Andrew Lawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Lawrence
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lawrences 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 52 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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