Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Lee, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
William Lee registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 22, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
William Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Lee
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsWilliam Lee reported 17 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Gonzales County
- Simon Leereached Texas about 1849
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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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