Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin A. Carpenter, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin A. Carpenter registered to vote in Hunt County on July 23, 1867. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hunt County. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Ohio
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Benjamin A. Carpenter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin A. Carpenter
- Place of birth
- Ohio
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benj. F. Carpenter"
Carpenters 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 6 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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