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.
- 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"
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
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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