Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Hargis, Caldwell County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Hargis registered to vote in Caldwell County on November 19, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Caldwell County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Benjamin Hargis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Hargis
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Caldwell County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hargis in Caldwell County
- Gilbert Hargisborn in Virginia, reached 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 22 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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