Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Tryan, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Charles Tryan registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charles Tryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Tryan
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles x Pryor"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsCharles Tryan reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Tryan in Leon County
- Dick Tryanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- James Tryanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- John Tryanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
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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