Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Craig, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Green Craig registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Leon County
Green Craig
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Craig
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Tom x Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Craig in Leon County
- Ben Craigborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Frank Craigborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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