Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Lewis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Henry Lewis registered to vote in Davis County on July 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Lewis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Davis County
- Green Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Littleton Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Nelson Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
- Shadrick Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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