Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Ruben, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Ruben registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Leon County
Jasper Ruben
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Ruben
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Foster Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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