Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John H. Lee, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
John H. Lee registered to vote in Hunt County on July 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Hunt County
John H. Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John H. Lee
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "John H. Pew"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 8 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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