Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Lewis, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Tom Lewis registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 40 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.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1829
- Reached Texas
- 39 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1829 to 1870
18291840186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Tom Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Lewis
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 39 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
39 yearsTom Lewis reported 39 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Brazos County
- Artwell Lewisreached Texas about 1858
- Edmmund Lewisreached Texas about 1859
- George Lewisreached Texas about 1847
- Harry Lewisreached Texas about 1856
- Thomas Lewisreached Texas about 1862
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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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