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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsBenjamin Green reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Green in Brazoria County
- Bristoe Greenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Burrell Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Charles Greenborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
- Edward Greenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Edward Greenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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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