Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Artwell Lewis, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Artwell Lewis registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Artwell Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Artwell Lewis
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearArtwell Lewis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Brazos County
- Edmmund Lewisreached Texas about 1859
- George Lewisreached Texas about 1847
- Harry Lewisreached Texas about 1856
- Thomas Lewisreached Texas about 1862
- Tom Lewisreached Texas about 1829
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 16 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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