Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josiah Walton, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Josiah Walton registered to vote in Burleson County on August 3, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 4 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Josiah Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josiah Walton
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJosiah Walton reported 22 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Waltons 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 26 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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