Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Herman Lewy, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Herman Lewy registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Herman Lewy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Herman Lewy
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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