Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leton Lewis, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Leton Lewis registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Leton Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leton Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- 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
- George Lewisborn in Virginia
- Howell Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1844
- Jesse Lewisborn in South Carolina, 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 67 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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