Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scipia Parkley, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Scipia Parkley registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Leon County
Scipia Parkley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scipia Parkley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dixon Ratley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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