Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin F. Day, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin F. Day registered to vote in Cameron County on November 18, 1869. He reported Indiana 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.
- Indiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
Benjamin F. Day
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin F. Day
- Place of birth
- Indiana
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Days 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 12 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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