Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Trotey, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Trotey registered to vote in Newton County on September 26, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Newton County
Benjamin Trotey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Trotey
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin his x Doty"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Trotey in Newton County
- Samuel Troteyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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