Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Derden, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Derden registered to vote in Leon County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Thomas Derden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Derden
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas x Barton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsThomas Derden reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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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