Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Byrd, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Byrd registered to vote in Burleson County on July 18, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 12 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Lewis Byrd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Byrd
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsLewis Byrd reported 18 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Byrds 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 21 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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