Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Burley, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Moses Burley registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Dead" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Moses Burley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Burley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alpheus his X mark Burley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMoses Burley reported 7 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Burley in Wood County
- Jacob Burleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Ruben Burleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- William Burleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Burleys 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 10 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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