Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Tollett, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Tollett registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 9, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Benjamin Tollett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Tollett
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsBenjamin Tollett reported 2 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
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 1 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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