Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert White, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Robert White registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Robert White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Colorado County
- Cornelius Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Whites 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 23 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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