Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Burton, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
William Burton registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 40 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1829
- Reached Texas
- 39 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1829 to 1870
William Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Burton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 39 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
39 yearsWilliam Burton reported 39 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Burtons 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 42 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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