Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Reed, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Reed registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Benjamin Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Reed
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBenjamin Reed reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Brazos County
- Ed,pmd Reedreached Texas about 1863
- Sam Reedreached Texas about 1864
- Wash Reedreached Texas about 1852
Reeds 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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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