Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Farrell, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Robert Farrell registered to vote in Leon County on August 8, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Leon County
Robert Farrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Farrell
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Leon County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Farrell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Farrells 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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