Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andy Burges, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Andy Burges registered to vote in Hill County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
Andy Burges
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andy Burges
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Covington
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Burgeses 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 Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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