Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Newton, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Hampton Newton registered to vote in Burleson County on November 25, 1869. He reported 9 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.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Hampton Newton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Newton
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHampton Newton reported 5 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Newton in Burleson County
- M. C. Newtonreached Texas about 1860
Newtons 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 34 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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