Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Benson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Robert Benson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Robert Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Benson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsRobert Benson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Benson in Bastrop County
- Jerry Bensonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
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 15 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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