Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Styles Beige, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Styles Beige registered to vote in Cameron County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Styles Beige
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Styles Beige
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsStyles Beige reported 9 years more in Texas than in Cameron 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 2 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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