Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wash Reed, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Wash Reed registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. In precinct for one week" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Wash Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wash Reed
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ward x Arch"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. In precinct for one week"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWash Reed reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Leon County
- Alexander Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Caesar Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Clem Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- John Reedborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Peter Reedborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
Reeds 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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