Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Townsend, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Townsend registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Colorado County
George Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Townsend
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Townsend in Colorado County
- Charles Townsendborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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