Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hosea Mendosa, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Hosea Mendosa registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Hosea Mendosa
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hosea Mendosa
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsHosea Mendosa reported 27 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 60 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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