Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Burks, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
David Burks registered to vote in Colorado County on November 19, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David Burks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Burks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsDavid Burks reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Burkses 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 52 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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