Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Godfrey Langham, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Godfrey Langham registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Godfrey Langham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Godfrey Langham
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Godfrey x Laugham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGodfrey Langham reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Langhams 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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Leon County, Texas
Leon County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Leon CountyThe Langham name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Leon County by name