Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Washington, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Washington registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Henry Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 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 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. It sits on page 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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