Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Eaton Pugh, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Eaton Pugh registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
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

Eaton Pugh

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Eaton Pugh
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Colorado County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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