Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Thigpen, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Thigpen registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Leon County
Joseph Thigpen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Thigpen
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph M. Meagher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 32 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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