Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee McKinnon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Lee McKinnon registered to vote in Fayette County on August 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lee McKinnon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee McKinnon
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsLee McKinnon reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
McKinnons 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 32 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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