Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Wright, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Wright registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Isaac Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Wright
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 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
- Haywood Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 47 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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