Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Lewis, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Frank Lewis registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Lewis
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsFrank Lewis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Gonzales County
- Bill Lewisreached Texas about 1846
- Jerry Lewisreached Texas about 1853
- Sam Lewisreached Texas about 1854
- Tom Lewisreached Texas about 1854
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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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