Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Lewis, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Lewis registered to vote in Galveston County on June 13, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Joseph Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Lewis
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsJoseph Lewis reported 25 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Galveston County
- Bricson Lewisreached Texas about 1859
- Calvin Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1863
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1844
- John Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
Lewises 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 17 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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