Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Parker, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Parker registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Parker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Colorado County
- Alex Parkerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Alfred Parkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Parkers 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 59 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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