San Patricio County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wade Lee, San Patricio County, Texas, 1867

Wade Lee registered to vote in San Patricio County on July 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 11 of them in San Patricio County. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. San Patricio County registered 16 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in San Patricio County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In San Patricio County

Wade Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wade Lee
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
San Patricio County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in San Patricio County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Years in Texas before San Patricio County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with San Patricio County highlighted
San Patricio County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Wade Lee reported 19 years more in Texas than in San Patricio County.

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 1 of the San Patricio County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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