Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Washington, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Washington registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported 40 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.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
18271840186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County
Jacob Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Washington
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 20 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Jacob Washington"
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJacob Washington reported 20 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Leon County
- Aleck Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Asgill Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Caleb Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- George Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Washingtons 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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