Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burtory Thurmond, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Burtory Thurmond registered to vote in Henderson County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Dead" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Burtory Thurmond
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burtory Thurmond
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Burton Shurman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Dead"
Thurmonds 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 3 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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