Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Burton, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Burton registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 19 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Missouri
- 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 Collin County
Aaron Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Burton
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- Aug. 19 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Collin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 29 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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