Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Crawford, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Henry Crawford registered to vote in Leon County on August 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Henry Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Crawford
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 12 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Henry Crawford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Crawford reported 12 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Crawford in Leon County
- Randell Crawfordborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Crawfords 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 14 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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