San Patricio County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin H. Hatch, San Patricio County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin H. Hatch registered to vote in San Patricio County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in San Patricio County. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. San Patricio County registered 16 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Benjamin H. Hatch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin H. Hatch
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- San Patricio County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in San Patricio County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before San Patricio County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsBenjamin H. Hatch reported 9 years more in Texas than in San Patricio County.
Hatches 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 2 of the San Patricio County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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