Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Leary, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Leary registered to vote in Colorado County on August 31, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
William Leary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Leary
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Learys 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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