Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Lewis, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Robert Lewis registered to vote in Hunt County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Robert Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Lewis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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