Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Horn, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Horn registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- 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
Thomas Horn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Horn
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Lown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Wash Hornborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Horns 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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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