Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Pinkhood, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Benjamin Pinkhood registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 27, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Benjamin Pinkhood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Pinkhood
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin his X mark Overbrook"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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