Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Chrisman, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Simon Chrisman registered to vote in Burleson County on July 5, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 20 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Simon Chrisman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Chrisman
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsSimon Chrisman reported 8 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Chrisman in Burleson County
- Jos. Chrismanreached Texas about 1827
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 5 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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