Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Mingo, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Wesley Mingo registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

Wesley Mingo

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley (recorded as Wingo Westley) Mingo
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 42'
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Colorado County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
24 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Wesley (recorded as Wingo Westley) Mingo reported 24 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Mingo in Colorado County

Mingos elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Mingo 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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