Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Houston, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Sam Houston registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Leon County
Sam Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Houston
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Leon County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Houston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Houston in Leon County
- George Houstonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Humphrey Houstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Jerry Houstonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Houstons 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 35 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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