Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Eddings, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Eddings registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Leon County
Thomas Eddings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Eddings
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Leon County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jim x Warren"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Eddings in Leon County
- James Eddingsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Eddingses 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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