Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Manuel Lewis, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Manuel Lewis registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

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Manuel Lewis

Texas

Name: Manuel Lewis
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 1
Registered: August 22, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Walker County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Manuel X Lewis"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

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

All 197 freedmen named Lewis 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 18 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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