Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Benning, Goliad County, Texas, 1869
Henry Benning registered to vote in Goliad County on November 26, 1869. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Goliad County
Henry Benning
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Benning
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Benning in Goliad County
- Samuel Benningreached Texas about 1860
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 15 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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