Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Yerley, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Yerley registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George Yerley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Yerley
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsGeorge Yerley reported 20 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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