Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Lewis, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Lewis registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Thomas Lewis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Lewis
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
September 10, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Brazoria County
9 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. It sits on page 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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