Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Bretton, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Bretton registered to vote in Nueces County on November 20, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Nueces County
Lewis Bretton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Bretton
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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