Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J.T. Lee, Walker County, Texas, 1867
J.T. Lee registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Walker County
J.T. Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J.T. Lee
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. F. Lee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Walker County
- Anderson Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Pearl Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Randall Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839
- Turcker Leeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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