Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Burton, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Hiram Burton registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Hiram Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Burton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 21 years
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsHiram Burton reported 21 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
- Isaiah Burtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Isiah Burtonreached Texas about 1866
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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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