Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Craig, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Frank Craig registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Frank Craig
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Craig
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Leon County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Naturalized, where
- "Frank Young"
- Signature, as written
- "Frank x Craig"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Craig in Leon County
- Ben Craigborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Green Craigborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Craigborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Craigborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- John Craigborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
Craigs 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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