Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Richardson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Richardson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Solomon Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Richardson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richardson in Colorado County
- Dublin Richardsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Jim Richardsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Richardsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richardson
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 34 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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