Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Lewis, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Lewis registered to vote in Nueces County on July 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Thomas Lewis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Lewis
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Nueces County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Nueces County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Thomas Lewis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Nueces 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 4 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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