Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilford Pope, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Gilford Pope registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Leon County
Gilford Pope
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilford Pope
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Leon County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Gifford Ote"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pope in Leon County
- Isom Popeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Popes 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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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