Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Armstead Wolfolk, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Armstead Wolfolk registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
John Armstead Wolfolk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Armstead Wolfolk
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsJohn Armstead Wolfolk reported 23 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Wolfolk in Colorado County
- John Wesley Wolfolkborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1839
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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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