Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Lee, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Peter Lee registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Peter Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Lee
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 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
- Francis Leeborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1842
- 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 18 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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