Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wallace, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
John Wallace registered to vote in Colorado County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wallace
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJohn Wallace reported 17 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Wallaces 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 62 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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