Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy McDade, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Sandy McDade registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Sandy McDade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy McDade
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsSandy McDade reported 24 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named McDade in Colorado County
- David McDadeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
McDades 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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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