Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Needham, Leon County, Texas, 1867
George Needham registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
George Needham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Needham
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "George x Needham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsGeorge Needham reported 14 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Needhams 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 12 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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