Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Lewis, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
William Lewis registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
William Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Lewis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Guadalupe County
- Hiram Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jacob Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Philip Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Richard Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 8 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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