Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Putney, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Putney registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Benjamin Putney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Putney
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Putney in Colorado County
- Anderson Putneyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- James Putneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Wyatt Putneyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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