Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Fields, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Fields registered to vote in Wilson County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Benjamin Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Fields
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Wilson County
- Benjamin Fieldsreached Texas about 1864
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 2 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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