Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrell Montgomery, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Burrell Montgomery registered to vote in Wilson County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 45 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 45 years
- In Texas
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
- 44 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
Burrell Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrell Montgomery
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 44 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
44 yearsBurrell Montgomery reported 44 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Montgomerys 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 2 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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