Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Bonner, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Bonner registered to vote in Austin County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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 Austin County
Lewis Bonner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Bonner
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Forkstone
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bonner in Austin County
- Daniel Bonnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Jacob Bonnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Joesph Bonnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Philip Bonnerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Bonners 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 14 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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