Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Lewis, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Lewis registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Stephen Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Lewis
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsStephen Lewis reported 20 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Austin County
- Benjamin Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- John Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Sharick Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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