Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Toland, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Edward Toland registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Edward Toland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Toland
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Toland in Colorado County
- Isaac Tolandborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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