Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Burley, Wood County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Burley registered to vote in Wood County on November 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Wood County
Jacob Burley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Burley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wood County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob Burley"
Other freedmen named Burley in Wood County
- Moses Burleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 25 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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