Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Burness, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Sam Burness registered to vote in Walker County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Sam Burness

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Burness
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Walker County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
11 years
Naturalized, when
"Sam X Purvis"
Naturalized, where
"Colored"
Signature, as written
"Sam X his mark Runnels"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Sam Burness reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

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 1 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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