Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Purnel, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Purnel registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Edmond Purnel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Purnel
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward Ward"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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