Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dred Pitman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Dred Pitman registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Dred Pitman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dred Pitman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pitmans 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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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