Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Proctor, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Moses Proctor registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Moses Proctor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Proctor
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. X. Gordon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Proctor in Leon County
- Isac Proctorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- James Proctorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Jefferson Proctorborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
Proctors 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 34 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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