Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Parker, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Parker registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Alfred Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Parker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAlfred Parker reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Colorado County
- Alex Parkerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Joseph Parkerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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