Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Banfield, Goliad County, Texas, 1867

Henry Banfield registered to vote in Goliad County on July 19, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Goliad County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
about 1846
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Goliad County

Henry Banfield

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Banfield
County of registration
Goliad County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Goliad County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Goliad County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Goliad County highlighted
Goliad County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Henry Banfield reported 20 years more in Texas than in Goliad County.

Other freedmen named Banfield in Goliad County

Banfields elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Banfield 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 4 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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