Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Blackshear, Leon County, Texas, 1867
George Blackshear registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George Blackshear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Blackshear
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Gladston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsGeorge Blackshear reported 20 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Blackshear in Leon County
- York Blackshearborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
Blackshears 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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