Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Middleton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Edward Middleton registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Edward Middleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Middleton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsEdward Middleton reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Middletons 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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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