Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Ramsey, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Ramsey registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Benjamin Ramsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Ramsey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ramsey in Brazoria County
- Ralph Ramseyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1828
Ramseys 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 36 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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