Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Mason, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Ben Mason registered to vote in Williamson County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Ben Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Mason
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Naturalized, how
- "Came to this country when five or six months of age"
- Signature, as written
- "A. McDonald"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Masons 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 9 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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