Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Lee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Green Lee registered to vote in Harrison County on June 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Harrison County
Texas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Green Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Lee
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Marshall. Harrison County.
Registered
June 26, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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
  • Job Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846

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 3 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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