Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Beckham, Madison County, Texas, 1869
William Beckham registered to vote in Madison County on November 18, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Beckham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Beckham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "William Durham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWilliam Beckham reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Beckhams 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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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