Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyatt Putney, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Wyatt Putney registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Wyatt Putney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyatt Putney
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Putney in Colorado County
- Anderson Putneyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Benjamin Putneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- James Putneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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