Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph E. Little, Colorado County, Texas, 1868
Joseph E. Little registered to vote in Colorado County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph E. Little
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph E. Little
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJoseph E. Little reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Little in Colorado County
- Robert Littleborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Littles elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Little
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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