Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hall, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hall registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Ben Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hall
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Anderson County
- Ben Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- John Hallborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- William Hallborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
Halls 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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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