Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Benton, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Benton registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 4 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Benton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Benton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Benton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJames Benton reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Benton in Harrison County
- Alexander Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- David Bentonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 74 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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