Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
L. W. Lewis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
L. W. Lewis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
L. W. Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- L. W. Lewis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsL. W. Lewis reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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
- Madison Lewisborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 16 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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