Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Lewis, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Berry Lewis registered to vote in Freestone County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Berry Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Lewis
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- 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
- Benjamin Lewisborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 3 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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