Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Theodore Persons, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Theodore Persons registered to vote in Burleson County on August 1, 1867. He reported 27 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.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Theodore Persons
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Theodore Persons
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsTheodore Persons reported 12 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Persons in Burleson County
- Henry Personsreached Texas about 1845
Personses 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 26 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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