Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Noah Means, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Noah Means registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 2 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Noah Means
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Noah Means
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Noah M. Means"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsNoah Means reported 21 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Meanses 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 32 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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