Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Andrew, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Sam Andrew registered to vote in Leon County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Sam Andrew
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Andrew
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 months
- Years in the precinct
- 12 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X Adair"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSam Andrew reported 15 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Andrews elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrew
- Andrews 33
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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