Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gustus Lucas, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Gustus Lucas registered to vote in Burleson County on November 19, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Gustus Lucas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gustus Lucas
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lucas in Burleson County
- Jerry Lucasreached Texas about 1844
- 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 30 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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