Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Lewis, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Lewis registered to vote in Leon County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jerry Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Lewis
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJerry Lewis reported 7 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
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
- 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 27 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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