Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W.M. Richmond, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
W.M. Richmond registered to vote in Burleson County on July 5, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
1839186018621864186618681870
In Burleson County
W.M. Richmond
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W.M. Richmond
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Richmond in Burleson County
- W. M. Richmondreached Texas about 1839
Richmonds 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 5 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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