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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Newton County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Newton County highlighted
Newton County on the 1870 county map

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

All 107 freedmen named Lee 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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