Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fredrick Lewis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Fredrick Lewis registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
Fredrick Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fredrick Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. X Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- George Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Harry Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 13 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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