Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Jenkins, Wharton County, Texas, 1867
Ben Jenkins registered to vote in Wharton County on July 17, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wharton County
Ben Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Jenkins
- County of registration
- Wharton County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wharton County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Wharton County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Wharton County
- Elias Jenkinsreached Texas about 1866
- John Jenkinsreached Texas about 1866
Jenkinses 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 1 of the Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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