Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Leake, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Leake registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Leake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Leake
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Leake in Austin County
- Richmond Leakeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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