Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Burns, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Burns registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jesse Burns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Burns
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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