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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Tait in Colorado County
- Martin Taitborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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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