Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Burleson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Richard Burleson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Richard Burleson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Burleson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsRichard Burleson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Burleson in Bastrop County
- Charles Burlesonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Henry Burlesonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Henry Burlesonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Burlesonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Isic Burlesonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Burlesons 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 7 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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