Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Richardson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Jim Richardson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jim Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Richardson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJim Richardson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Richardson in Colorado County
- Dublin Richardsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Solomon Richardsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
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 59 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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