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.
- 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"
Crosses 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 1 of the Hidalgo County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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