Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hunter, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Hunter registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Lewis Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hunter
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsLewis Hunter reported 17 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Brazos County
- Andrew Hunterreached Texas about 1856
- John Hunterreached Texas about 1861
- Lewis Hunterreached Texas about 1863
- Sam Hunterreached Texas about 1863
Hunters 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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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