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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Cameron County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cameron County highlighted
Cameron County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

David Crocket reported 16 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.

Variations of Crocket

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.

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