Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
John Lewis registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJohn Lewis reported 4 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
- 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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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