Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Shanks, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Shanks registered to vote in Fannin County on July 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fannin County
Benjamin Shanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Shanks
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shankses 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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