Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Warren, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John Warren registered to vote in Leon County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John Warren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Warren
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Warren"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJohn Warren reported 17 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Warren in Leon County
- Jim Warrenborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
Warrens 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 23 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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