Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joesph Lewis, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Joesph Lewis registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Angelina County
Joesph Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joesph Lewis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Homer
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Angelina County
- Alexander Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 3 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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