Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lee, Kerr County, Texas, 1867
George Lee registered to vote in Kerr County on August 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lee
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Kerr County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Kerr County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Kerr County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Lee reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kerr County.
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 2 of the Kerr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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