Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Blackmen, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Blackmen registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Austin County
Benjamin Blackmen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Blackmen
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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