Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Lee, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Alford Lee registered to vote in Newton County on September 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Newton County
Alford Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Lee
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Newton County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alford his x Gee"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Newton County
- Elisha Leeborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1844
- William Leeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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