Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charles Lumpkin, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Charles Lumpkin registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Charles Lumpkin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charles Lumpkin
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 42'
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 29 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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