Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Norman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Robert Norman registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Robert Norman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Norman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norman in Colorado County
- Clay Normanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- Granville Normanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- William Normanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Normans 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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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