Burnet County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jennings, Burnet County, Texas, 1867
John Jennings registered to vote in Burnet County. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burnet County registered 54 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Burnet County
John Jennings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jennings
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Burnet County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Jennings in Burnet County
- Flemon Jenningsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Nathan Jenningsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
Jenningses 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 Burnet County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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