Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Solomon Gilmore, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Solomon Gilmore registered to vote in Burleson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 9 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
9 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Solomon Gilmore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Solomon Gilmore
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Burleson County
1 year 6 months
Years in the precinct
1 year 6 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
8 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

8 years

Solomon Gilmore reported 8 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 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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