Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Holiday Vincent, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Holiday Vincent registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Holiday Vincent
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Holiday Vincent
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Vincent in Colorado County
- Grandson Vincentborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Wylie Vincentborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Vincents 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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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