Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Driver, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Henry Driver registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry Driver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Driver
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Driver"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Driver reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Driver in Leon County
- Issac Driverborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Drivers 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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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