Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benny Bernette, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benny Bernette registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Benny Bernette
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benny Bernette
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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