Burnet County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Russell, Burnet County, Texas, 1867
Willis Russell registered to vote in Burnet County. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Burnet County
Willis Russell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Russell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Burnet County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Russell in Burnet County
- Henry Russellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Randall Russellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Russells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Russell
- Russel 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 2 of the Burnet County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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