Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Burton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Burton registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. 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 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Charles Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Burton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burton in Harrison County
- George Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Burtons 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 13 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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