Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Foote, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Foote registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Lewis Foote
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Foote
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foote in Colorado County
- Lewis Jr. Footeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Willis Footeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Footes 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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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