Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pearl Lee, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Pearl Lee registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Walker County
Pearl Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pearl Lee
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Walker County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pearl X 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
- 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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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