Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morton Hutton, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Morton Hutton registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Leon County
Morton Hutton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morton Hutton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Morton Keaton"
- 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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