Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Lee, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Lee registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Van Zandt County
Nelson Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Lee
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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