Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Lee, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Simon Lee registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 16 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Simon Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Lee
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSimon Lee reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Gonzales County
- William Leereached Texas about 1848
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 9 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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