Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Burt, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Frank Burt registered to vote in Harrison County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Burt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Burt
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsFrank Burt reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Burts 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 32 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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