Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jones Burnett, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jones Burnett registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jones Burnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jones Burnett
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jonas his X mark Bennett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burnett in Walker County
- Thomas Burnettborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1843
Burnetts 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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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