Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Carrol Crowder, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Carrol Crowder registered to vote in Leon County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Leon County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Carrol Crowder

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Carrol Crowder
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Leon County
18 months
Years in the precinct
18 months
Years in Texas before Leon County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Carroll Crocker"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Carrol Crowder reported 11 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 25 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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