Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Lowe, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

John Lowe registered to vote in Colorado County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Colorado County

John Lowe

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Lowe
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Colorado County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lowe in Colorado County

  • Carey Loweborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850

Lowes elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Lowe 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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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