Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben White, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Ben White registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ben White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben White
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBen White reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named White in Bastrop County
- Alexander Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Buck Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- David Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Harry Whiteborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1832
- L. Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Whites 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 4 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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