Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Burke, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Burke registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Thomas Burke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Burke
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "B Burks"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Burkes 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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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