Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Massey, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Massey registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Isaac Massey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Massey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsIsaac Massey reported 13 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Massey in Colorado County
- Dandridge Masseyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Talbert Masseyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Masseys 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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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