Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Tilghman, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Frank Tilghman registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Frank Tilghman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Tilghman
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Tilghmans 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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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