Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Hunter, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Louis Hunter registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Leon County
Louis Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Hunter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Leon County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Houston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hunter in Leon County
- Isaah Hunterborn in Tennessee
- James Hunterborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1866
Hunters 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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