Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Tait, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Moses Tait registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Moses Tait

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Tait
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Colorado County
19 years
Years in the precinct
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Tait in Colorado County

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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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