Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thompson Burton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Thompson Burton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thompson Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thompson Burton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsThompson Burton reported 7 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Burton in Colorado County
- Jackson Burtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Leonidas Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- William Burtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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