Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stewart Lee, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Stewart Lee registered to vote in Davis County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Stewart Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stewart Lee
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Davis County
- Washington Leeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Yong Leeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 11 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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