Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fortune Thornton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Fortune Thornton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Fortune Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fortune Thornton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsFortune Thornton reported 21 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Thornton in Colorado County
- Charles Thorntonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Thorntons 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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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