Sabine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gilbert Lee, Sabine County, Texas, 1868

Gilbert Lee registered to vote in Sabine County on November 26, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Sabine County. Sabine County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Sabine County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Sabine County

Gilbert Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gilbert Lee
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Sabine County
Precinct
8
Registered
November 26, 1868
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Sabine County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Sabine County highlighted
Sabine County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lee in Sabine County

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 16 of the Sabine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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