Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Francis Lee, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Francis Lee registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Francis Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Francis Lee
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Leeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Edward Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Emorey Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Peter Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Richard Leeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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