Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Price, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Eli Price registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Leon County
Eli Price
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Price
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Eli his X mark Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Price in Leon County
- Britton Priceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Elexander Priceborn in Alabama
- Lewis Priceborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Prices 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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