Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrell Foster, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
Burrell Foster registered to vote in Van Zandt County on September 28, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Burrell Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrell Foster
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 28, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fosters 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 17 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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