Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
George Washington registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Colorado County
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1853
- George Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- George Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
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. It sits on page 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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