Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Burnson, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Frank Burnson registered to vote in Tyler County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Frank Burnson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Burnson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Frank Burnton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Burnson
- Burns 16
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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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