Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabrel Lewis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Gabrel Lewis registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Gabrel Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabrel Lewis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Brazoria County
- Charles Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Fredrick Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Joesph Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Louis Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1827
- Parker Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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