Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Lewis, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Lewis registered to vote in Bexar County on August 6, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Benjamin Lewis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Lewis
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lewis in Bexar County
- Clairburn Lewisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Jerry Lewisborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 31 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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