Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Lee, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Lee registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Cornelius Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Lee
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- 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
- Edward Leeborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Green Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Job Leeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 7 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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