Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Turcker Lee, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Turcker Lee registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Walker County

Turcker Lee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Turcker Lee
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Walker County
10 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"J. J. Lee"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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
  • Randall Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839

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

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