Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Trimble, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Martin Trimble registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Martin Trimble
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Trimble
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Trimbles 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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