Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · page 1 of 3
Freedmen who registered in Cameron County, Texas
120 freedmen registered to vote in Cameron County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Adams | Mississippi | 1866 | 1 |
| Abram Adkins | South Carolina | 1862 | 2 |
| Edward Allen | Virginia | 1865 | 1 |
| Charles Banke | Pennsylvania | 1865 | 1 |
| Peter Banks | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| WIlliam Baston | Maryland | 1865 | 2 |
| Stiles Beige | Georgia | 1857 | 1 |
| Morris Billingsley | South Carolina | 1857 | 12 |
| Peter Billingsley | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| George Blackford | Missouri | 1866 | 2 |
| Aleck Bowleg | Florida | 1866 | 1 |
| Friday Bowleg | Florida | 1866 | 1 |
| Thomas Bowleg | Florida | 1865 | 2 |
| James Brown | Mississippi | 1866 | 1 |
| John Brown | Virginia | 1864 | 3 |
| Joseph Brown | Virginia | 1865 | 1 |
| Manuel Brown | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Sim Brown | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| Sun Brown | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| Jose Bruno | Alabama | 1865 | 1 |
| Ramone Castillo | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| James Celia | Virginia | 1 | |
| James Henry Chesnutch | New York | 1865 | 2 |
| Lewis Cicero | Texas | 1847 | 17 |
| Thomas Clark | Florida | 1851 | 2 |
| Charles Coleman | Kentucky | 1857 | |
| Nay M Conway | Louisiana | 1866 | 1 |
| Maurice Coulon | Louisiana | 1 | |
| James Creamo | Virginia | 1867 | 1 |
| David Crocket | Mississippi | 1849 | 1 |
| John Cupid | Arkansas | 1865 | 2 |
| George Curry | Texas | 1849 | 6 |
| James Curse | Pennsylvania | 1865 | 2 |
| James Davis | Virginia | 1853 | 2 |
| Benjamin F. Day | Indiana | 1 | |
| Isaac De Bue | Virginia | 1864 | 5 |
| Toby Dominique | Louisiana | 1866 | 1 |
| John Dorsey | Kentucky | 1864 | 2 |
| George Ely | Alabama | 1864 | 4 |
| Bill Evans | Tennessee | 1865 | 3 |
| Samuel Fields | Virginia | 1865 | 3 |
| John Foote | North Carolina | 1865 | 2 |
| Patrick Fultz | Virginia | 1855 | 1 |
| George Gadson | Louisiana | 1865 | 4 |
| Charles Gibson | Louisiana | 1864 | 5 |
| Elisha Gidon | Connecticut | 1852 | 2 |
| Lewis Givens | Kentucky | 1855 | 1 |
| John Goff | North Carolina | 1847 | 2 |
| William Goran | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Samuel Grace | South Carolina | 1865 | 4 |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Cameron County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
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