Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frone Burns, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Frone Burns registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Frone Burns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frone Burns
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Amos"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burns in Walker County
- Pompie Burnsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Robert Burnsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
Burnses 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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