Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Benson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
W. Benson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 2, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 6 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
W. Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Benson
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsW. Benson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Benson in Burleson County
- Robert Bensonreached Texas about 1855
Bensons 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 Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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