Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Van, Maverick County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Van registered to vote in Maverick County on August 31, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Maverick County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Maverick County
Benjamin Van
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Van
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Maverick County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Van in Maverick County
- John Vanreached Texas about 1857
Vans 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 1 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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