Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Lewis, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Lewis registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Cornelius Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Leon County
- Esan Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1841
- George Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Jerry Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- John W. Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Pearson Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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 1 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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