Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Lay, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Simon Lay registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Simon Lay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Lay
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lays 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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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