Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas H. Parker, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Thomas H. Parker registered to vote in Leon County on August 16, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Thomas H. Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas H. Parker
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Naturalized, where
- "Thomas H. Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Leon County
- Richard Parkerborn in Tennessee
- Starks Parkerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
Parkers 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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