Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cato Porter, Burleson County, Texas, 1869

Cato Porter registered to vote in Burleson County on November 25, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Burleson County

Cato Porter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cato Porter
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Burleson County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

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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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