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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Leon County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Noah Means reported 21 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

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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