Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John W. Lewis, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John W. Lewis registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
John W. Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John W. Lewis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "John W. Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Leon County
- Cornelius Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Esan Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1841
- George Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Jerry Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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