Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David West, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
David West registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
David West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David West
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wests 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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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