Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

J. Carroll, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

J. Carroll registered to vote in Burleson County on July 16, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 2 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
20 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

J. Carroll

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
J. Carroll
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Burleson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
18 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

18 years

J. Carroll reported 18 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Carroll in Burleson County

Carrolls elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Carroll 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 19 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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