Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Crump, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Ben Crump registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ben Crump
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Crump
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben Crump"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsBen Crump reported 17 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Crumps 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 12 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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