Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Lee, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Charles Lee registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Charles Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Lee
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Fayette County
- Alex Leeborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1858
- Elias Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Leeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Morgan Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 70 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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