Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Busby, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
George Busby registered to vote in Freestone County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Freestone County
George Busby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Busby
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Busby in Freestone County
- Horace Busbyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Jefferson Busbyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
- Ralph Busbyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Busbyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
Busbys 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 19 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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