Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William H Washington, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William H Washington registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William H Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William H Washington
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam H Washington reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Colorado County
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1853
- George Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- George Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Washingtons 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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