Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sutton Polk, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Sutton Polk registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 40 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Sutton Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sutton Polk
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Butler Mills"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsSutton Polk reported 28 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Polk in Leon County
- Alfred Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Chesterfield Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Isaac Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
- Paul Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Perry Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
Polks 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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