Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo. Benge, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Geo. Benge registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 12 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Geo. Benge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo. Benge
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- Aug. 12 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Collin County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGeo. Benge reported 19 years more in Texas than in Collin 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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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