Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Gardin, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Gardin registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Wiley Gardin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Gardin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Leon County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel x Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsWiley Gardin reported 16 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Gardins 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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