Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Tryan, Leon County, Texas, 1869
John Tryan registered to vote in Leon County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
John Tryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Tryan
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Leon County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "John X Payne"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tryan in Leon County
- Charles Tryanborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
- Dick Tryanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- James Tryanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 37 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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