Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Waddle, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Waddle registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Thomas Waddle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Waddle
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waddle in Colorado County
- Chas Waddleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Cherry Waddleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Waddleborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Ras Waddleborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
Waddles 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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