Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Inge, Leon County, Texas, 1867
William Inge registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Leon County
William Inge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Inge
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm Page"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Inge in Leon County
- Nathan Ingeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Robert Ingeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Shedrick Ingeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
Inges 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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