Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isac Rhodes, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Isac Rhodes registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isac Rhodes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isac Rhodes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Rhodes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsIsac Rhodes reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Rhodeses 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 1 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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