Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Cornsel, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Cornsel registered to vote in Davis County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Davis County
Benjamin Cornsel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Cornsel
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Davis County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 26 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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