Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Cumby, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Cumby registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
William Cumby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Cumby
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsWilliam Cumby reported 16 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Cumbys 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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