Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Govenor Severe, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Govenor Severe registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Govenor Severe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Govenor Severe
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac x Moore"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Severes 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.
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