Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Daniels, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Ben Daniels registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 1 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ben Daniels
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Daniels
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- Aug. 1 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Collin County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBen Daniels reported 1 year more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Daniels in Collin County
- Marshall Danielsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
Danielses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Daniels
- Daniel 36
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 Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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