Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Berry Burnham, Hays County, Texas, 1867

Berry Burnham registered to vote in Hays County. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Hays County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hays County

Berry Burnham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Berry Burnham
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Hays County
Precinct
2
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Hays County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hays County highlighted
Hays County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Burnham in Hays County

Burnhams elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Burnham 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 7 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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