Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Lewis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Lewis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Nelson Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Harrison County
- Allen Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Isom Lewisborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- John Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- L. W. Lewisborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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