Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammuel Cuffin, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Sammuel Cuffin registered to vote in Bexar County on July 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bexar County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Sammuel Cuffin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sammuel Cuffin
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Bexar County
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Bexar County
6 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Sammuel Cuffin reported 16 years more in Texas than in Bexar 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 13 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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