Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wade Boozer, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Wade Boozer registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Wade Boozer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wade Boozer
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wade Morgan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWade Boozer reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Boozer in Leon County
- Isaac Boozerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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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