Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Wharton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Wharton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benjamin Wharton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Wharton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wharton in Colorado County
- Andrew Whartonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Calvin Whartonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Moses Whartonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Whartons 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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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