Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Montgomery, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
David Montgomery registered to vote in Colorado County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
David Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Montgomery
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Montgomerys 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 43 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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