Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Cumery, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Cumery registered to vote in Bexar County on July 22, 1867. He reported Maryland 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.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Nelson Cumery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Cumery
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 28 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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