Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Greene, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Greene registered to vote in Walker County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Greene
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Greene
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin his X mark Greene"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsBenjamin Greene reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Greene in Walker County
- Albert Greeneborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Ben Greeneborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Cherokee Greeneborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1858
- Larkin Greeneborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Rolly Greeneborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Greenes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Greene
- Green 225
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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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