Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Branch, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Levi Branch registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Leon County
Levi Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Branch
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Leon County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Levi x his mark Israel"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Branch in Leon County
- William Branchborn in Virginia
Branches 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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