Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Clements, Liberty County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Clements registered to vote in Liberty County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Liberty County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Benjamin Clements
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Clements
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Liberty County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Liberty County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Pleasant his x mark Clements"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBenjamin Clements reported 5 years more in Texas than in Liberty County.
Clementses 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 18 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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