Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hitson, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hitson registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Ben Hitson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hitson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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