Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Burton, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Burton registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Samuel Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Burton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Samuel Burton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSamuel Burton reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Leon County
- Hugh Burtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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