Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David McDade, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David McDade registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
David McDade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David McDade
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsDavid McDade reported 21 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named McDade in Colorado County
- Sandy McDadeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1841
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 23 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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