Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fielding Lewis, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Fielding Lewis registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Fielding Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fielding Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Lester"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearFielding Lewis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Lamar County
- Allen Lewisborn in Mississippi, 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 19 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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