Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bird Benjamin, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Bird Benjamin registered to vote in Madison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Madison County
Bird Benjamin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bird Benjamin
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Madison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Naturalized, where
- "Anderson Wood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Benjamins 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 6 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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