Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Primus Carr, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Primus Carr registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Leon County
Primus Carr
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Primus Carr
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Primus Carr"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carr in Leon County
- Albert Carrborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Harry Carrborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Henry Carrborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- William Carrborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
Carrs 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 19 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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