Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Rollsman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Washington Rollsman registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Washington Rollsman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Rollsman
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 30 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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