Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Lester, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Lester registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
David Lester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Lester
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsDavid Lester reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Lester in Harrison County
- Alonzo Lesterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
Lesters 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 27 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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