Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sanford Durst, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Sanford Durst registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Sanford Durst
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sanford Durst
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sanford Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Durst in Leon County
- Isom Durstborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
Dursts 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 38 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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