Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Whitten, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jack Whitten registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jack Whitten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Whitten
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJack Whitten reported 17 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Whittens 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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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