Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Lewis, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Bob Lewis registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Bob Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Bob Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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