Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Burnett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Burnett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Isaac Burnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Burnett
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Burnett"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Burnett in Harrison County
- Allen Burnettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Burnetts 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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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