Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lewis, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Lewis registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lewis
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 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
- L. W. Lewisborn in South Carolina, 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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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