Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Green, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Green registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Leon County
Benjamin Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Green
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin mark X Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Green in Leon County
- Albert Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Cato Greenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Ed Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Edward Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- Ephram Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 31 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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