Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Lewis, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Lewis registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Lewis
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Colorado County
- Hickman Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Isaac Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- James H. Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Jefferson Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- John Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
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 10 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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