Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Reed, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Reed registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Thomas Reed

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Reed
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Colorado County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Reed in Colorado County

  • Bennett Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
  • Lewis Reedborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859

Reeds elsewhere in Texas

All 70 freedmen named Reed 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 2 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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