Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Reuben Ravel, Burleson County, Texas, 1869

Reuben Ravel registered to vote in Burleson County on November 25, 1869. He reported 20 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

Reuben Ravel

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Reuben Ravel
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Burleson County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Reuben Ravel reported 5 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

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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