Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Franklin Low, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Franklin Low registered to vote in Bexar County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Benjamin Franklin Low
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Franklin Low
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lows 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 32 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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