Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Lomax, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Lewis Lomax registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Austin County

Lewis Lomax

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Lomax
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Austin County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lomax in Austin County

Lomaxes elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Lomax 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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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