Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hutchins, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hutchins registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Hutchins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hutchins
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wm E Stings"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsLewis Hutchins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Hutchinses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hutchins
- Hutchinson 14
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 8 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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