Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Benson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Benson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Spencer Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Benson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSpencer Benson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 31 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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