Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Lewis, Wharton County, Texas, 1867
Ben Lewis registered to vote in Wharton County on August 17, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wharton County
Ben Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Lewis
- County of registration
- Wharton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wharton County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wharton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
Other freedmen named Lewis in Wharton County
- Ben Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- Dock Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- John Lewisreached Texas about 1866
- Manuel Lewisreached Texas about 1866
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 Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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