Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Pollard, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Pollard registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
James Pollard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Pollard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pollard in Colorado County
- Richard Pollardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Pollards 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 27 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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