Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cager Sems, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Cager Sems registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 32 years
- In Texas
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
1835186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County
Cager Sems
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cager Sems
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- June 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sems in Galveston County
- Andrew Semsreached Texas about 1857
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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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