Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clairburn Lewis, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Clairburn Lewis registered to vote in Bexar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Clairburn Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clairburn Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Bexar County
- Benjamin Lewisborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Jerry Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 14 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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