Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Lee, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Lee registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Austin County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Austin County

Isaac Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Lee
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 2, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Austin County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lee in Austin County

  • Henry Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
  • Isaac Leeborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1850

Lees elsewhere in Texas

All 107 freedmen named Lee 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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