Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Bryant, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Bryant registered to vote in Walker County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Lewis Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Bryant
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis X Bryant"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Walker County
- Alfred Bryantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniel Bryantborn in Georgia
- Matthew Bryantborn in Mississippi
- Paul Bryantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 43 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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