Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Butch, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Butch registered to vote in Brazos County on November 22, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Lewis Butch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Butch
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsLewis Butch reported 20 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Variations of Butch
- Butcher 5
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 42 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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