Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Patto, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Patto registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Dead" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Benjamin Patto
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Patto
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin his X mark Pack"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBenjamin Patto reported 15 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Pattos elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Patto
- Patton 12
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 9 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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