Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lewis, Leon County, Texas, 1869
George Lewis registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 14 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "George mark X Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge 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
- 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 31 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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