Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Wilcox, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Simon Wilcox registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Simon Wilcox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Wilcox
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon mark X Watson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSimon Wilcox reported 9 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Wilcoxes 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 31 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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