Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Lewis, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Lewis registered to vote in Burleson County on July 11, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Peter Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Lewis
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Burleson County
- Dabney Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- James Lewisreached Texas about 1864
- W. Lewisreached Texas about 1863
- Wm. Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- Wm. 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 14 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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