Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Silverburg, Kaufman County, Texas, 1868
Joe Silverburg registered to vote in Kaufman County on January 28, 1868. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Joe Silverburg
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Silverburg
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joe Silverberg"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Silverburg in Kaufman County
- Elija Silverburgborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
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 18 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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