Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In the county
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Fayette County
- Forten Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- 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
- Seaborn Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
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 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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