Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Lawrence, Leon County, Texas, 1867
William Lawrence registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
William Lawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Lawrence
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm x Conrad"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lawrence in Leon County
- Willis Lawrenceborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
Lawrences 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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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