Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joesph Lewis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Joesph Lewis registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Joesph Lewis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joesph Lewis
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Brazoria County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lewis in Brazoria County

Lewises elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Lewis 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. Brazoria County's entries fill 41 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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