Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leon Louis Hector, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Leon Louis Hector registered to vote in Cameron County on July 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
Leon Louis Hector
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leon Louis Hector
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hectors 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. Cameron County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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