Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ely Cartwright, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Ely Cartwright registered to vote in Leon County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In the county
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Ely Cartwright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ely Cartwright
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ely Cartwright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsEly Cartwright reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Cartwright in Leon County
- Ezekiel Cartwrightborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
Cartwrights 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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