Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Benson, Washington County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Benson registered to vote in Washington County on June 13, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Washington County. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
1855186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Washington County
Thomas Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Benson
- County of registration
- Washington County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Washington County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Washington County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "George his X mark Tomms"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsThomas Benson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Washington County.
Bensons 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 4 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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