Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Alexander, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Albert Alexander registered to vote in Leon County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Leon County
Albert Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Alexander
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Leon County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert x Amerson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Leon County
- Mordecia Alexanderreached Texas about 1852
- Sandy Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Alexanders 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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