Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Irvine, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Irvine registered to vote in Newton County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 17 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Lewis Irvine
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Irvine
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Newton County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 months
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis, his x mark, Irvine"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsLewis Irvine reported 4 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Irvines elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Irvine
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 1 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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