Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Poarter, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Daniel Poarter registered to vote in Burleson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Daniel Poarter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Poarter
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsDaniel Poarter reported 20 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Poarter in Burleson County
- Samuel Poarterreached Texas about 1848
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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