Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Lee, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Willis Lee registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Willis Lee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Lee
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 18 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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