Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Lewis, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Nelson Lewis registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Davis County
Nelson Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Lewis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Davis County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 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
- Littleton Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- 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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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