Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Burden, Houston County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Burden registered to vote in Houston County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Houston County
Thomas Burden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Burden
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Houston County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Burdens 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 47 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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