Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Lee, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Lee registered to vote in Madison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Henry Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Lee
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Madison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Lee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsHenry Lee reported 23 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Lee in Madison County
- Jessie Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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