Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Lee, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Henry Lee registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Lee
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Lee reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Austin 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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