Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Rhodes, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Rhodes registered to vote in Fannin County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fannin County
Benjamin Rhodes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Rhodes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bonham, Fannin County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rhodeses 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 2 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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