Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hillery Boron, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Hillery Boron registered to vote in Burleson County on August 6, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 3 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Hillery Boron

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hillery Boron
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Burleson County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Hillery Boron reported 13 years more in Texas than in Burleson 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 27 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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