Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William W. McDaniel, Leon County, Texas, 1867
William W. McDaniel registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Leon County
William W. McDaniel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William W. McDaniel
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Leon County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm H his x mark Daniel"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McDaniel in Leon County
- Charles McDanielborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1846
McDaniels 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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