Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Curry, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
George Curry registered to vote in Cameron County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 6 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
George Curry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Curry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsGeorge Curry reported 14 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Currys 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 11 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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