Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Burton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Burton registered to vote in Austin County on July 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Burton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burton in Austin County
- Abraham Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
Burtons 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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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