Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Levy, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Willis Levy registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Willis Levy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Willis Levy
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Harrison County
18 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Signature, as written
"W. Gray"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Levy in Harrison County

Levys elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Levy 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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