Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nepthan Phillips, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Nepthan Phillips registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Leon County
Nepthan Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nepthan Phillips
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Walter Phillips"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Phillips in Leon County
- Daniel Phillipsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
- Edmond Phillipsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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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