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.
- 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"
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
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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