Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmun Buttler, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Edmun Buttler registered to vote in Jasper County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Jasper County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Jasper County
Edmun Buttler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmun Buttler
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Jasper County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Edmond his X mark Butler attest G. W. Merritt clk"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Buttlers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Buttler
- Butler 61
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 4 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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