Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Lewis, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Lewis registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Alfred Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsAlfred Lewis reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Bastrop County
- Charles Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Daniel Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Daniel Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Henry Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
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 45 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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