Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Preston Chapman, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Preston Chapman registered to vote in Leon County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Leon County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Preston Chapman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Preston Chapman
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Leon County
5 months
Years in the precinct
5 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
22 years
Signature, as written
"Preston C Stevens"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Preston Chapman reported 22 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

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 4 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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