Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Tipton, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Jack Tipton registered to vote in Burleson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 24 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.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Jack Tipton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Tipton
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJack Tipton reported 2 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Tipton in Burleson County
- Geo. Tiptonreached Texas about 1849
Tiptons 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 23 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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