Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Hanks, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Hanks registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Benjamin Hanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Hanks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hankses 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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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