Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Burkler, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
John Burkler registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
John Burkler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Burkler
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Burkler reported 16 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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