Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Lee, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Robert Lee registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Robert Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Lee
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRobert Lee reported 4 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Galveston County
- Albert Leereached Texas about 1844
- Edmond Leereached Texas about 1846
- Harrison Leereached Texas about 1865
- Pearl Leereached Texas about 1846
- Ryland Lee
Lees 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 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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