Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harden Granville, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Harden Granville registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Leon County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Harden Granville

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harden Granville
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Leon County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Leon County
3 years
Signature, as written
"Lester x Goodall"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Harden Granville reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

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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