Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Burrell, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Burrell registered to vote in Johnson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 1 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Franklin Burrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Burrell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsFranklin Burrell reported 25 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Burrells 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 3 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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