Hidalgo County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Cross, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1867

James Cross registered to vote in Hidalgo County on July 17, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hidalgo County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hidalgo County registered 11 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Hidalgo County, Texas
4 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hidalgo County

James Cross

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Cross
County of registration
Hidalgo County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hidalgo County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hidalgo County highlighted
Hidalgo County on the 1870 county map

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 Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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