Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Cummins, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Ben Cummins registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Ben Cummins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Cummins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cummins in Anderson County
- Albert Cumminsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Cumminses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cummins
- Cummings 10
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 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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