Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Rennels, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Rennels registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Lewis Rennels
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Rennels
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. X Runnels"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsLewis Rennels reported 16 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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