Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Speaks, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Ben Speaks registered to vote in Victoria County on July 1, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Ben Speaks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Speaks
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, when
- "Dec 27 ""
- Signature, as written
- "Christoph Kloppe"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Speaks in Victoria County
- Richard Speaksreached Texas about 1866
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 11 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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