Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J. L. Newsom, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
J. L. Newsom registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
J. L. Newsom
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J. L. Newsom
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Newsom in Colorado County
- Everetts Newsomborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Thomas Newsomborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
Newsoms 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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