Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Benjamin, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Henry Benjamin registered to vote in Kaufman County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Benjamin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Benjamin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Benjamin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Benjamin in Kaufman County
- George Benjaminborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
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 26 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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