Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry West, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Henry West registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 11 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry West
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x his mark West"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry West reported 5 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named West in Leon County
- Alfred Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Bill Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Elbert Westborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Westborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Wests 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 30 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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