Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Andrews, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Andrews registered to vote in Leon County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 8 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Lewis Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Andrews
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis x Anderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsLewis Andrews reported 12 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Andrews in Leon County
- Simon Andrewsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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 21 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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