Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benjamin Bee, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Benjamin Bee registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Benjamin Bee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benjamin Bee
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Brazoria County
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bee in Brazoria County

  • Abraham Beeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
  • Benjamin Beeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
  • Primus Beeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859

Bees elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Bee 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 7 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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