Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ledbetter William, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Ledbetter William registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Ledbetter William
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ledbetter William
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsLedbetter William reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Williams elsewhere in Texas
Variations of William
- Williams 560
- Williamson 30
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 29 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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