Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Winston Burton, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Winston Burton registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Winston Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Winston Burton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWinston Burton reported 2 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Anderson County
- Henry Burtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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