Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin McDinick, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin McDinick registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Benjamin McDinick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin McDinick
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsBenjamin McDinick reported 8 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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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