Bandera County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Benson, Bandera County, Texas, 1869
William Benson registered to vote in Bandera County on November 23, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Bandera County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bandera County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 7% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bandera County
William Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Benson
- County of registration
- Bandera County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Bandera County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 4 of the Bandera County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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