Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Littleton Lewis, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Littleton Lewis registered to vote in Davis County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Littleton Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Littleton Lewis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Davis County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Davis County
- Green Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 44 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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