Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Pettis, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Randall Pettis registered to vote in Leon County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- 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
Randall Pettis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Pettis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Randall x Otis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pettises 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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