Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Lewis, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Lewis registered to vote in Victoria County on July 16, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Samuel Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Lewis
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Manuel his X mark de la Garza"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Victoria County
- Alfred Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- Charles Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- Daniel Lewisreached Texas about 1847
- Dublin Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- Edmund Lewisreached 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 16 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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