Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bricson Lewis, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Bricson Lewis registered to vote in Galveston County on July 3, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Bricson Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bricson Lewis
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Galveston County
- Calvin Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1863
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1844
- John Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Joseph Lewisreached Texas about 1841
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 35 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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