Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wright, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wright registered to vote in Harrison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Lewis Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wright
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Wright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Harrison County
- Charles Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Clayborne Wrightborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1846
- David Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Handy Wrightborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Joseph Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Wrights 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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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