Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill West, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Bill West registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Leon County
Bill West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill West
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bill x West"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named West in Leon County
- Alfred Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Elbert Westborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Wests 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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