Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Gates, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John Gates registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Gates
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Gates
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Estes"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Gates reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Gateses 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 6 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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