Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Raynor, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Raynor registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Benjamin Raynor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Raynor
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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