Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Jesse Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on January 30, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Jesse Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Lewis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 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
- 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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