Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Warren, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jim Warren registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Jim Warren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Warren
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jim x Warren"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsJim Warren reported 28 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Warren in Leon County
- John Warrenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
Warrens 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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