Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
John Lewis registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Galveston County
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Galveston County
- Bricson Lewisreached Texas about 1859
- Calvin Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1863
- 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 41 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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