Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Russell Benchley, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Russell Benchley registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Russell Benchley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Russell Benchley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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. It sits on page 50 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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