Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William G. Burton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William G. Burton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William G. Burton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William G. Burton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Burton in Colorado County
- Jackson Burtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Leonidas Burtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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