Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Lewis, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Lewis registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Daniel Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Lewis
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 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
- Calvin Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
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 22 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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