Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Steel, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Steel registered to vote in Newton County on September 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
Lewis Steel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Steel
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Newton County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his x Steel"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Steels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steel
- Steele 5
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 5 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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