Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Stamps, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Stamps registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Stamps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Stamps
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Stampses 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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