Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Benton, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
Philip Benton registered to vote in Cherokee County on Aug. 2 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Philip Benton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Benton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- Aug. 2 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Benton in Cherokee County
- Mat Bentonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
Bentons 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 37 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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