Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lemuel Kelly, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Lemuel Kelly registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Leon County
Lemuel Kelly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lemuel Kelly
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Leon County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Kelly"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kelly in Leon County
- Lemuel Kellyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Kellys 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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