Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Boggess, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Boggess registered to vote in Harrison County on June 28, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Benjamin Boggess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Boggess
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsBenjamin Boggess reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 7 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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