Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Turner Lewis, Comal County, Texas, 1867

Turner Lewis registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Comal County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

Turner Lewis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Turner Lewis
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Comal County
2 years
Years in Texas before Comal County
8 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Turner Lewis reported 8 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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