Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Moton, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Solomon Moton registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Solomon Moton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Moton
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSolomon Moton reported 11 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Motons 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 35 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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