Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Toliver, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

William Toliver registered to vote in Colorado County on November 25, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

William Toliver

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Toliver
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Colorado County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

William Toliver reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

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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