Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Mason, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Mason registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Joseph Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Mason
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJoseph Mason reported 6 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Masons 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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