Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Phillips, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Phillips registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Phillips
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Phillips in Anderson County
- Bucins Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Gasephus Phillipsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Grawiille Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Haywood Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Mack Phillipsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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