Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Seaborn Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Seaborn Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Seaborn Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Seaborn Lewis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsSeaborn Lewis reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Fayette County
- Forten Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- George Lewisborn in Virginia
- Howell Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
- Jesse Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Leton Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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