Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert McDonald, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Robert McDonald registered to vote in Burleson County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Robert McDonald
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert McDonald
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McDonald in Burleson County
- Robert McDonaldreached Texas about 1865
McDonalds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McDonald
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 29 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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