Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elbert Lewis, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Elbert Lewis registered to vote in Newton County on September 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 4 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Elbert Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elbert Lewis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Newton County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elbert, his x mk, Evans"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsElbert Lewis reported 3 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Newton County
- Alexander Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- John Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Simon Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
- Simon Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 2 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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