Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Foster, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Foster registered to vote in Burleson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Robert Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Foster
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years 6 months
- Years in Burleson County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foster in Burleson County
- Chas. Fosterreached Texas about 1843
- Robert Fosterreached Texas about 1865
Fosters 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 23 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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