Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Mosely, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Mosely registered to vote in Leon County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Leon County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Daniel Mosely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Mosely
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Leon County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
15 years
Signature, as written
"David x Moody"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Daniel Mosely reported 15 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Mosely in Leon County

Moselys elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Mosely 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 21 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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