Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Burton, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Jack Burton registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 15, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
1839186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Jack Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Burton
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 27 years
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsJack Burton reported 27 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Fort Bend County
- Abner Burtonreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Burtonreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Burtonreached Texas about 1866
- Hiram Burtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Isaiah Burtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 22 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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