Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Chancellor, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Chancellor registered to vote in Leon County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Samuel Chancellor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Chancellor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel G. Lancelter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Chancellor reported 16 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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 23 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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