Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Benny, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Amos Benny registered to vote in Angelina County on August 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Angelina County
Amos Benny
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Benny
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Homer
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Benny in Angelina County
- Henry Bennyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
Bennys 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 3 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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