Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Randall Lee, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Randall Lee registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Randall Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Randall Lee
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Walker County
17 years
Years in the precinct
17 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Randall X Lee"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Randall Lee reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Lee in Walker County

  • Anderson Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
  • J.T. Leeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
  • Pearl Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
  • Turcker Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857

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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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