Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Townsend, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Charles Townsend registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Charles Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Townsend
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCharles Townsend reported 6 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Townsend in Colorado County
- George Townsendborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Jackson Townsendborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Townsendborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
Townsends 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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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