Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simon Lewis, Newton County, Texas, 1867

Simon Lewis registered to vote in Newton County on September 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Newton County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

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Simon Lewis

Texas

Name: Simon Lewis
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Newton County
Precinct: 2
Registered: September 16, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Newton County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "Simon his x Lewis"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Newton County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Lewis in Newton County

Alexander Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
Elbert Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Henry Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
John Lewisborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
Simon Lewisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867

Lewises elsewhere in Texas

All 197 freedmen named Lewis 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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