Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Alexander, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Alexander registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Sandy Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Alexander
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Sandy Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Leon County
- Albert Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Mordecia Alexanderreached Texas about 1852
Alexanders 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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