Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Lee, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Jack Lee registered to vote in Henderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Jack Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Lee
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack his x mark Vee"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Henderson County
- George Leeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- John O. Leeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Lewis Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 6 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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