Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Cummings, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Albert Cummings registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Albert Cummings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Cummings
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAlbert Cummings reported 6 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Cummingses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cummings
- Cummins 7
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 Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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