Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Banks, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Charles Banks registered to vote in Cameron County on July 2, 1867. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
Charles Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Banks
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 11 months
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 11 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Cameron County
- Peter Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
Bankses elsewhere in Texas
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 1 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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