Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Hudson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
William Hudson registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Hudson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Hudson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Wm. Landrum"
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. x Sanford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWilliam Hudson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Hudsons 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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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