Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Long, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Long registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Richard Long
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Long
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Long in Colorado County
- Anthony Longborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Martin Longborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1832
Longs 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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