Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Burleson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henry Burleson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 30 of them in Bastrop County. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Burleson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Burleson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 30 years 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry Burleson reported 5 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
- Isic Burlesonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Richmond Burlesonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1850
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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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