Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Tallett, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Tallett registered to vote in Bexar County on November 26, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Benjamin Tallett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Tallett
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- 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 56 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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