Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Bennett, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Aaron Bennett registered to vote in Nueces County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 4 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Aaron Bennett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Bennett
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAaron Bennett reported 19 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Bennetts 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 11 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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