Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Lee, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Lee registered to vote in Henderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Lewis Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Lee
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Henderson County
- George Leeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Jack Leeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- John O. Leeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 7 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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