Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Hadley, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Israel Hadley registered to vote in Leon County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 13 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
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Israel Hadley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Hadley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Leon County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Allen Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsIsrael Hadley reported 22 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Hadley in Leon County
- Peter Hadleyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Hadleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Hadleys 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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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