Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Hamilton, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Hamilton registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Hamilton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Brazoria County
- Isaac Hamiltonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Port Royal Hamiltonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
- Robert Hamiltonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Hamiltons 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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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