Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaah Hunter, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Isaah Hunter registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Isaah Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaah Hunter
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Leon County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Houston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hunter in Leon County
- James Hunterborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1866
- Louis Hunterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
Hunters 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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