Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Lee, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Lee registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nelson Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Lee
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsNelson Lee reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Bastrop County
- Govnett Leeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Harry Leeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- James Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Julius Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Moses A. Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 31 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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