Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Benton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Benton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Benton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Benton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "A L Benton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Benton in Harrison County
- Charles Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- David Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- James Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- July Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Bentons 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 68 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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