Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Westbrook, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Westbrook registered to vote in Grayson County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Westbrook
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Westbrook
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Westbrooks elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Westbrook
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 5 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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