Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Washington, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

George Washington registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

George Washington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Washington
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

George Washington reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Washington in Colorado County

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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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