Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Crane, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Crane registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Benjamin Crane
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Crane
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsBenjamin Crane reported 7 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Crane in Matagorda County
- Walter Craneborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Cranes 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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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