Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Enoch Prince, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Enoch Prince registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Enoch Prince
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Enoch Prince
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsEnoch Prince reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Prince in Colorado County
- Warden Princeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
Princes 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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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