Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmond Cass, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Edmond Cass registered to vote in Parker County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Parker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Edmond Cass

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmond Cass
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Parker County
5 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Edmond Cass reported 10 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

Other freedmen named Cass in Parker County

  • Jack Cassborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
  • John Cassborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
  • Webster Cassborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852

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 1 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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