Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Lewis, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Lewis registered to vote in Hill County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Stephen Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hill County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsStephen Lewis reported 9 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 6 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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