Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shade McQueen, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Shade McQueen registered to vote in Burleson County on August 1, 1867. He reported 4 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.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Shade McQueen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shade McQueen
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsShade McQueen reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
McQueens 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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