Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Hadley, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Peter Hadley registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Peter Hadley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Hadley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Bradley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hadley in Leon County
- Israel Hadleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1832
- Thomas Hadleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Hadleys 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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