Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jesa Burts, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Jesa Burts registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Tarrant County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Tarrant County

Jesa Burts

Texas

Name: Jesa Burts
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Tarrant County
Precinct: 5
Registered: August 19, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Tarrant County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Burtses elsewhere in Texas

Taylor Burts Walker County

All 1 freedmen named Burts in Texas

Variations of Burts

Burt 7

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 14 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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