Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Presley, Colorado County, Texas, 1868
Charles Presley registered to vote in Colorado County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 7 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Charles Presley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Presley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsCharles Presley reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Presleys 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 46 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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