Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Warren Benden, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Warren Benden registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Warren Benden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Warren Benden
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Warren Reeder"
- 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 31 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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