Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jere Lucas, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Jere Lucas registered to vote in Burleson County on July 31, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Jere Lucas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jere Lucas
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lucas in Burleson County
- Gustus Lucasreached Texas about 1848
- William Lucasreached Texas about 1853
Lucases 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 25 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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