Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Burton, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Burton registered to vote in Wood County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joshua Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Burton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joshua his X mark Burton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJoshua Burton reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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