Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Mosely, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Mosely registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Samuel Mosely
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Mosely
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel x Moseley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSamuel Mosely reported 15 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Mosely in Leon County
- Charles Moselyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Daniel Moselyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- George Moselyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Green Moselyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Moselys 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 18 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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