Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taunton Green, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Taunton Green registered to vote in Leon County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Taunton Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taunton Green
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reuben his x mark Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsTaunton Green reported 4 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Green in Leon County
- Albert Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Benjamin Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Cato Greenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Ed Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Edward Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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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