Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Lewis, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
James Lewis registered to vote in Burleson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Lewis
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJames Lewis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Burleson County
- Dabney Lewisreached Texas about 1857
- Peter Lewisreached Texas about 1853
- 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 32 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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