Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Oneill, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Oneill registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Oneill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Oneill
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin Oneill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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