Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Burton, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Burton registered to vote in Henderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Peter Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Burton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Burton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsPeter Burton reported 13 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Henderson County
- Richard Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Burtons 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 4 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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