Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Yancey, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Yancey registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Colorado County
John Yancey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Yancey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Yanceys 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 18 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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