Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Leftage, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
William Leftage registered to vote in Hunt County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Leftage
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Leftage
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "William L Page"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Leftage reported 20 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Leftage in Hunt County
- Robert Leftageborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 12 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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