Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Burton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Adam Burton registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Adam Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Burton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAdam Burton reported 16 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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