Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Lee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Lee registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Lewis Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Lee
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Lee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Harrison County
- Alex Leeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Charles Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Cornelius Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Edward Leeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Green Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 72 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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