Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chesterfield Polk, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Chesterfield Polk registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Chesterfield Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chesterfield Polk
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chesterfield x Pollo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsChesterfield Polk reported 20 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Polk in Leon County
- Alfred Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Isaac Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
- Paul Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Perry Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
- Sutton Polkborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1827
Polks 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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