Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Lewis, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
James Lewis registered to vote in Williamson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
James Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Charles his x mark Clayton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Williamson County
- Robert Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 10 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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