Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Lewis, Jefferson County, Texas, 1869
James Lewis registered to vote in Jefferson County on November 23, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Jefferson County
James Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Lewis
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
Other freedmen named Lewis in Jefferson County
- Daniel Lewisreached Texas about 1860
- Jacob Lewisreached Texas about 1858
- Storm Lewisreached 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 7 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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