Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Bennett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Bennett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wesley Bennett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Bennett
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Bennett"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWesley Bennett reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Bennett in Harrison County
- Clayborn Bennettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Joseph Bennettborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- Peter Bennettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Salem Bennettborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Bennetts 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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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