Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 20 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
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGeorge Washington reported 4 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. It sits on page 36 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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