Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Deavenport, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Deavenport registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Anthony Deavenport
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Deavenport
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anthony x Davenport"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAnthony Deavenport reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Deavenport in Leon County
- Walker Deavenportborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Young Deavenportborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
Variations of Deavenport
- Davenport 14
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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