Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Burton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Burton registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Abraham Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Burton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsAbraham Burton reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Austin County
- James Burtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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