Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Chambers County, Texas, 1869
John Lewis registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 4 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipated in Texas in 1865" beside his name.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 31, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 18 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1865"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "John Lewis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipated in Texas in 1865"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Lewis reported 18 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Chambers County
- Washington Lewisborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1832
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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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