Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Pressber, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Pressber registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
John Pressber
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Pressber
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Pressber reported 10 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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