Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Burleson, Caldwell County, Texas, 1868
Robert Burleson registered to vote in Caldwell County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Robert Burleson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Burleson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burleson in Caldwell County
- Adam Burlesonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Burlesons 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 Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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