Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan McQuilley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jordan McQuilley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- 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
Jordan McQuilley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan McQuilley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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