Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Lewis, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Charles Lewis registered to vote in Bowie County on July 29, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Charles Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Bowie County
- Grandison Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- James Lewisborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1849
- Spencer Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- W.M. Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
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 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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