Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Burden, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

William Burden registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

William Burden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Burden
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Colorado County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Colorado County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

William Burden reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Burdens elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Burden 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 2 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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