Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Mosley, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Thornton Mosley registered to vote in Burleson County on July 30, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County
Thornton Mosley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Mosley
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsThornton Mosley reported 8 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Mosley in Burleson County
- Mitchell Mosleyreached Texas about 1847
- Tallon Mosleyreached Texas about 1863
- Zack Mosleyreached Texas about 1857
Mosleys 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 24 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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