Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Halburt Norris, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Halburt Norris registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Halburt Norris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Halburt Norris
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Leallonard Norris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norris in Leon County
- Jacob Norrisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
Norrises 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 9 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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