Burnet County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Burnet County, Texas, 1867
John Lewis registered to vote in Burnet County. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burnet County registered 54 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Burnet County
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Burnet County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Burnet County
- George.M.D. Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Primus Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 1 of the Burnet County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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