Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

H. Cromwell, Kendall County, Texas, 1869

H. Cromwell registered to vote in Kendall County on November 26, 1869. He reported 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
4 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kendall County

H. Cromwell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
H. Cromwell
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Kendall County
1 year
Years in Texas before Kendall County
3 years
Naturalized, when
"28"
Naturalized, where
"No. Missouri"
Signature, as written
"E. R. Spencer"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

H. Cromwell reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kendall County.

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 6 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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