Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Huntsman, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Huntsman registered to vote in Leon County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Leon County
Benjamin Huntsman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Huntsman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin Louderman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Huntsmans 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 7 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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