Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ned Ewing, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Ned Ewing registered to vote in Burleson County on August 1, 1867. He reported 13 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
13 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Ned Ewing

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ned Ewing
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Burleson County
12 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Burleson County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Ned Ewing reported 1 year 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 26 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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