Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Lewis, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
Philip Lewis registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
Philip Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Lewis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 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
- Richard Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- William 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 3 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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