Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Churchwell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Churchwell registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Lewis Churchwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Churchwell
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. his x mark Churchwell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLewis Churchwell reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Churchwell in Walker County
- Peter Churchwellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1844
Churchwells 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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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