Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Burns, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Burns registered to vote in Angelina County on August 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Angelina County
Joseph Burns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Burns
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Homer
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burns in Angelina County
- Robert Burnsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
Burnses 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 Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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