Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benders Insly, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benders Insly registered to vote in Austin County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Benders Insly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benders Insly
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsBenders Insly reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 40 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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