Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Lewis, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Madison Lewis registered to vote in Washington County on June 15, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Washington County. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Washington County
Madison Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Lewis
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Washington County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alhonzo his X mark Dobie"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Washington County
- George Lewisreached Texas about 1841
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 6 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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