Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Cleaveland, Williamson County, Texas, 1868
Benjamin Cleaveland registered to vote in Williamson County on January 27, 1868. 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 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin Cleaveland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Cleaveland
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "R. M. Copeland"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cleavelands elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cleaveland
- Cleveland 19
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 20 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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