Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Benton, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Benton registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Thomas Benton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Benton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bentons 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 11 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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