Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Lewis registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Austin County
- Benjamin Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Sharick Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Stephen Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1840
- William Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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