Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Lewis, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Lewis registered to vote in Freestone County on November 22, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Benjamin Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Lewis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Freestone County
- Andrew Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Benjamin Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Berry Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Calvin Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Daniel Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 39 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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