Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Simpson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Simpson registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Leon County
Wiley Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Simpson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. J. x Simpson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Simpson in Leon County
- Eric Simpsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Simpsons 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 8 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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