Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Rain, Kendall County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Rain registered to vote in Kendall County on July 30, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Benjamin Rain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Rain
- County of registration
- Kendall County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Kendall County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Kendall County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBenjamin Rain reported 1 year more in Texas than in Kendall County.
Other freedmen named Rain in Kendall County
- Nicodemus Rainreached Texas about 1851
Rains 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 1 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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