DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Lewis, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Willis Lewis registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 30, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Willis Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Lewis
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
Other freedmen named Lewis in DeWitt County
- Austin Lewisreached Texas about 1847
- Ed Lewisreached Texas about 1846
- Gilbert Lewisreached Texas about 1847
- Jesse Lewisreached Texas about 1851
- Rovet Lewisreached Texas about 1846
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 14 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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