Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Bennett, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Bennett registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Benjamin Bennett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Bennett
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Bennett in Matagorda County
- Phill Bennettborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Bennetts 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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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