Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Polk, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Polk registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Polk
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Polk
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bryant Pollo"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBenjamin Polk reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Polk in Madison County
- Harry Polkborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Polks 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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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