Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Knox, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Knox registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 18 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Alfred Knox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Knox
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAlfred Knox reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Knox in Burleson County
- Allen Knoxreached Texas about 1853
- Con. Knoxreached Texas about 1851
- Halsey Knoxreached Texas about 1848
- J. Knoxreached Texas about 1851
- Stephen Knoxreached Texas about 1852
Knoxes 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 35 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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