Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Mercer, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
Ben Mercer registered to vote in Williamson County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Ben Mercer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Mercer
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "A J James"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mercers 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 27 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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