Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Whitfield, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Whitfield registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 18 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Whitfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Whitfield
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Whitfield reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Whitfields 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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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