Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hugh Burton, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Hugh Burton registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Hugh Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hugh Burton
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph x Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsHugh Burton reported 7 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Leon County
- Samuel Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 12 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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