Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simon Love, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Simon Love registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 8 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 Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Leon County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Simon Love

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Simon Love
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Leon County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
20 years
Signature, as written
"Simon Hood"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Simon Love reported 20 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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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