Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Townsend, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Townsend registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 23 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Richard Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Townsend
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsRichard Townsend reported 8 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Townsend in Colorado County
- Charles Townsendborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- George Townsendborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Jackson Townsendborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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