Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Willis Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Willis Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 16 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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