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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jefferson County, Texas
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
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jefferson County highlighted
Jefferson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lewis in Jefferson County

Lewises elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Lewis 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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