Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Price, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Price registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Leon County
Lewis Price
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Price
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Price in Leon County
- Britton Priceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Elexander Priceborn in Alabama
- Eli Priceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
Prices 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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