Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Little, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Robert Little registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Robert Little

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Little
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Robert Little reported 12 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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