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.
- 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
1857186018621864186618681870
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
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsTurner Lewis reported 8 years more in Texas than in Comal County.
Other freedmen named Lewis in Comal County
- Sam Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Comal County, Texas
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