Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Fortran, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Fortran registered to vote in Bexar County on November 26, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Lewis Fortran
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Fortran
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsLewis Fortran reported 18 years more in Texas than in Bexar 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 55 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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