Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Forten Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Forten Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Forten Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Forten Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 0.75 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Fayette County
- 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
- 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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