Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Middleton, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Stephen Middleton registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Stephen Middleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Middleton
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen Middleton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsStephen Middleton reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Middletons 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 37 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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