Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

E. W. Easley, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

E. W. Easley registered to vote in Burleson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 1 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
14 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

E. W. Easley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
E. W. Easley
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Burleson County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
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

E. W. Easley 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 18 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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