Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Sureberry, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Lee Sureberry registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lee Sureberry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Sureberry
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joe his x mark Newberry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLee Sureberry reported 12 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
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 Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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