Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clark Cummings, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Clark Cummings registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Clark Cummings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clark Cummings
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsClark Cummings reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Cummingses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cummings
- Cummins 7
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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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