Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Lewis, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Washington Lewis registered to vote in Chambers County on August 19, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 1 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Maryland" beside his name.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 34 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Washington Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Lewis
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 34 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1828"
- Naturalized, where
- "Maryland"
- Signature, as written
- "W. Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Maryland"
Elsewhere in Texas
34 yearsWashington Lewis reported 34 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Chambers County
- John Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 3 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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