Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Benjamin, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
George Benjamin registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George Benjamin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Benjamin
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Benjamin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge Benjamin reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Benjamin in Kaufman County
- Henry Benjaminborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
Benjamins 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 3 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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