Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Estus, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Estus registered to vote in Brazos County on November 25, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
1854186018621864186618681870
In Brazos County
Lewis Estus
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Estus
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Estus in Brazos County
- Isaac Estusreached Texas about 1849
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 47 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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