Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Buckner, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Richard Buckner registered to vote in Leon County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Leon County
Richard Buckner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Buckner
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Jackson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Buckner in Leon County
- Horrace Bucknerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Buckners 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 27 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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