Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Newman, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Newman registered to vote in Leon County on November 23, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Time in county and precinct are both 3 weeks" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Newman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Newman
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Leon County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Time in county and precinct are both 3 weeks"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBenjamin Newman reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Newmans 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 33 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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