Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Reed, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Reed registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Lewis Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Reed
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsLewis Reed reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Colorado County
- Bennett Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Reeds 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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