Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Tanner, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Tanner registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Colorado County
George Tanner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Tanner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tanner in Colorado County
- Dock Tannerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Tannerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Samuel Tannerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
Tanners 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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