Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lee, Collin County, Texas, 1867
John Lee registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 17 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Collin County
John Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lee
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- Jul. 17 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Collin County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lee in Collin County
- Alex. Leeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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