Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Tubb, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Matt Tubb registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Matt Tubb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Tubb
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wyatt x Potts"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tubb in Leon County
- Allen Tubbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Jack Tubbborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Joseph Tubbborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Joshua Tubbborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Paul Tubbborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 16 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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