Sabine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Lee, Sabine County, Texas, 1868

Richard Lee registered to vote in Sabine County on November 29, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Sabine County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Sabine County

Richard Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Lee
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Sabine County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 29, 1868
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Sabine County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Sabine County
20 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Sabine County highlighted
Sabine County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Richard Lee reported 20 years more in Texas than in Sabine County.

Other freedmen named Lee in Sabine County

  • David Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1867
  • Gilbert Leeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867

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. Sabine County's entries fill 17 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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