Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · page 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prunius Gusset | Louisiana | 1862 | 1 |
| John M Harris | Mississippi | 1865 | 2 |
| Leon Louis Hector | Louisiana | 1866 | 1 |
| Alfred Henderson | Tennessee | 1866 | 1 |
| George Henry | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| William Hunter | Tennessee | 1865 | 4 |
| Charles Jackson | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| John Jenkins | South Carolina | 1865 | 2 |
| Dick Johnson | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| Henry Jones | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| William Kilgo | Mississippi | 1858 | 2 |
| Robert Ladicks | Kentucky | 1853 | 1 |
| Cornelius Lee | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Spencer Logan | Alabama | 1865 | 2 |
| Isaac Martin | Texas | 1852 | 1 |
| Gilbert McGraw | Louisiana | 1845 | 3 |
| Jesse McKrause | Georgia | 1850 | 2 |
| Thomas Elbert Mennefee | Mississippi | 1854 | 2 |
| Alexander Milsted | Florida | 1863 | |
| James Minton | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Andrew Moore | Texas | 1847 | 1 |
| William Nelson | Pennsylvania | 1865 | 2 |
| Charles Nesbit | Kentucky | 1847 | 2 |
| John Ousley | Kentucky | 1867 | 1 |
| Moses Parker | Virginia | 1842 | |
| Louis Peter | Louisiana | 1866 | 1 |
| Samuel Pitman | Texas | 1846 | 6 |
| William A. Price | Alabama | 1866 | |
| John Amo Richard | Louisiana | 1865 | 2 |
| John Amo Richards | Pennsylvania | 1844 | 26 |
| Henry Rickets | Kentucky | 1865 | 2 |
| Christopher Ringgold | Mexico | 1857 | 10 |
| John Risk | Ohio | 1 | |
| Julius Roberts | Arkansas | 1866 | 1 |
| Louis Antone Sambileur | Louisiana | 1861 | 2 |
| John Clark Sanders | Missouri | 1863 | 6 |
| John Clark Saunders | Missouri | 1866 | 1 |
| William Scott | Maryland | 1860 | 9 |
| John Seminole | Florida | 1865 | 2 |
| Joseph Sephos | Alabama | 1867 | 2 |
| Washington Simmons | Alabama | 1849 | |
| John Smith | Georgia | 1860 | |
| William Smith | Mississippi | 1862 | 5 |
| Guadaloupe Solis | Tennessee | 1865 | 2 |
| Norah Sounds | District of Columbia | 1865 | 2 |
| James Sourners | Kentucky | 1866 | 1 |
| Thomas Stanton | Virginia | 1865 | 3 |
| Zachariah Taylor | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Reuben Thomas | Ohio | 1851 | 2 |
| Charles Thompson | Kentucky | 1860 | 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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