Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benjamin Green, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Benjamin Green registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 5 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazoria County

Benjamin Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benjamin Green
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Brazoria County
5 years
Years in Texas before Brazoria County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Benjamin Green reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.

Other freedmen named Green in Brazoria County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 3 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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