Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wynn, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wynn registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 23 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Lewis Wynn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wynn
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsLewis Wynn reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Wynn in Colorado County
- Allen Wynnborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Allen Wynnborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Cager Wynnborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Edmund Wynnborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Harvey Wynnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
Variations of Wynn
- Wynne 12
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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