Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Poarter, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Poarter registered to vote in Burleson County on November 20, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Samuel Poarter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Poarter
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Poarter in Burleson County
- Daniel Poarterreached Texas about 1847
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 31 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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