Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henson Lewis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henson Lewis registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henson Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henson Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hiram X Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenson Lewis reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Walker County
- Abram Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Adam Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Ed Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- Fredrick Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- George Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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