Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Squire, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Squire registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
William Squire
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Squire
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsWilliam Squire reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Squire in Colorado County
- Abner Squireborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Squires 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. It sits on page 14 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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