Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Burket, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Burket registered to vote in Grayson County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Isaac Burket
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Burket
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burket in Grayson County
- Herculese Burketborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Burkets elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Burket
- Burke 6
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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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