Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Lewis, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Lewis registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Lewis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Matagorda County
- John Lewisborn in Virginia, 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 2 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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