Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Polk, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Paul Polk registered to vote in Leon County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Paul Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Polk
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J M J M"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPaul Polk reported 9 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Polk in Leon County
- Alfred Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Chesterfield Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Isaac Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
- Perry Polkborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
- Sutton Polkborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1827
Polks 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 33 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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