Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Haywood Wright, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Haywood Wright registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Haywood Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Haywood Wright
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Colorado County
- Alex Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1836
- Edmund Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1836
- Edward Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Isaac Wrightborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- James Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Wrights 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 16 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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