Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Lewis, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Lewis registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored. See No. 122" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Oliver Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Lewis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. See No. 122"
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 4 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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