Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Lewis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Lewis registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Joseph Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJoseph Lewis reported 12 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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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