Comanche County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Solomon, Comanche County, Texas, 1867
John Solomon registered to vote in Comanche County on August 17, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Comanche County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Comanche County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 4% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Comanche County
John Solomon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Solomon
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Comanche County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Comanche County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Solomons 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 2 of the Comanche County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Comanche County, Texas
Comanche County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Comanche CountyThe Solomon name in TexasBorn in MissouriSearch Comanche County by name