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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Austin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Clark Cummings reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Variations of Cummings

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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