Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Crocket, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
David Crocket registered to vote in Cameron County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
David Crocket
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Crocket
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsDavid Crocket reported 16 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Crockets elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Crocket
- Crockett 13
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 7 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Cameron County, Texas
Cameron County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Cameron CountyThe Crocket name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Cameron County by name