Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Benson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richard Benson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 31 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 31 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Richard Benson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Benson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 21'
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 31 years
- Years in the precinct
- 31 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bensons 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 22 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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