Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Storey, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Storey registered to vote in Freestone County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Benjamin Storey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Storey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Storey in Freestone County
- Robert Storeyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- William Storeyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Storeys 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 Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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