Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Lewis, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Lewis registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Benjamin Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Lewis
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Austin County
- John Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Sharick Lewisborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Stephen Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1840
- William Lewisborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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