Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Lewis, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
William Lewis registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
William Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Lewis
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Hopkins County
- Monroe Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 27 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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