Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Linear, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Linear registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Thomas Linear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Linear
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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