Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Lewis, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Lewis registered to vote in Freestone County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Calvin Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Lewis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 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
- Berry Lewisborn in North 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 14 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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