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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Leon County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Anthony Deavenport reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Deavenport in Leon County

Variations of Deavenport

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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