Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wash Horn, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Wash Horn registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Leon County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Leon County

Wash Horn

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wash Horn
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Leon County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Signature, as written
"Wash x Horn"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Horn in Leon County

  • Ben Hornborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
  • Cary Hornborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
  • David Hornborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
  • Thomas Hornborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849

Horns elsewhere in Texas

All 16 freedmen named Horn 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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Leon County, Texas

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