Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrill Pope, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Burrill Pope registered to vote in Austin County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- 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 Austin County
Burrill Pope
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrill Pope
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pope in Austin County
- Stephen Popeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
Popes 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 19 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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