Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Perry, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Perry registered to vote in Leon County on August 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Calvin Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Perry
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Naturalized, where
- "W. M. Perry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Perrys 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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