Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cornelious Colbert, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Cornelious Colbert registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Leon County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Cornelious Colbert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cornelious Colbert
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Leon County
9 months
Years in the precinct
9 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
3 years
Signature, as written
"Cornelius Colbert"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Cornelious Colbert reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Colbert in Leon County

Colberts elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Colbert 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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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