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.
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsPreston Chapman reported 22 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Chapmans 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 4 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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