Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fredrick Lewis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Fredrick Lewis registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Fredrick Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fredrick Lewis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Brazoria County
- Charles Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
- Gabrel Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1827
- 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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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