Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Knox, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Knox registered to vote in Brazos County on July 1, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Lewis Knox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Knox
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Knox in Brazos County
- Gar. Knoxreached Texas about 1854
- Isaac Knoxreached Texas about 1864
- Peter Knoxreached Texas about 1854
Knoxes 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 17 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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