Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Platt Mustipher, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Platt Mustipher registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Platt Mustipher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Platt Mustipher
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsPlatt Mustipher reported 7 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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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