Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wade Poke, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Wade Poke registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 5 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Wade Poke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wade Poke
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wade O. Mo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsWade Poke reported 17 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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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