Bennett · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bennett in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 30 freedmen

30 freedmen named Bennett registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Falls County (5), Harrison County (5) and Freestone County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1838.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bennetts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bennett registered, on the 1870 county map
30
Freedmen
19
Counties
South Carolina
Largest birthplace
1838
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Bennetts registered

Texas counties where the Bennetts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County517%
Harrison County517%
Freestone County310%
Matagorda County27%
Bastrop County13%
Bowie County13%
Brazoria County13%
Burleson County13%
Caldwell County13%
Cherokee County13%
Colorado County13%
Jackson County13%
Lamar County13%
Leon County13%
Nueces County13%
Shelby County13%
Victoria County13%
Walker County13%
Wood County13%

Where the Bennetts were born

Birthplaces the Bennetts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
South Carolina418%
Virginia418%
North Carolina314%
Alabama29%
Georgia29%
Kentucky15%
Louisiana15%
Maryland15%
Mississippi15%
Missouri15%
Tennessee15%
Texas15%

When the Bennetts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bennetts
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
3
1850s
8
1860s
13

Every Bennett in the register

The Bennetts in the register, 1 to 30 of 30
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron BennettNueces CountyTexas1846
Benjamin BennettMatagorda CountySouth Carolina1849
Charles BennettLeon CountySouth Carolina1855
Charles BennettShelby CountyVirginia1838
Clayborn BennettHarrison CountyGeorgia1857
Dennis BennettBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1861
Doctor BennettWalker CountyAlabama1855
Edmund BennettFreestone CountyVirginia1867
Edward BennettCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Gilford BennettFalls County
Green BennettLamar CountyMississippi1861
Henry BennettCherokee CountyLouisiana1866
Hope BennettFalls County
James BennettBastrop CountyMissouri1863
James BennettFalls County
James BennettVictoria County1866
Jeff BennettFalls County
Jim BennettBurleson County1863
John BennettJackson County1857
Joseph BennettHarrison CountyKentucky1863
Josiah BennettWood CountyMaryland1852
Nicholas BennettBowie CountyGeorgia1864
Peter BennettHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Phill BennettMatagorda CountyNorth Carolina1859
Rufus BennettFreestone CountyTennessee1857
Salem BennettHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1863
Wesley BennettHarrison CountyVirginia1863
William BennettFalls County
William BennettFreestone CountySouth Carolina1867
Windsor BennettColorado CountyNorth Carolina1852

Bennett genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bennett in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 5 of the 30, Harrison County 5. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Bennetts in Texas come from?

They reported South Carolina (4), Virginia (4) and North Carolina (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Bennett?

Falls County (5), Harrison County (5), Freestone County (3). In all, 30 registered across 19 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Bennett appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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