Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Wright, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Wright registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 26 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
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
Edmund Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Wright
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsEdmund Wright reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Wright in Colorado County
- Alex Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1836
- Edward Wrightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Haywood Wrightborn in North Carolina, 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 40 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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