Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dorsey, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
John Dorsey registered to vote in Cameron County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
John Dorsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dorsey
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years 10 months
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years 10 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Dorseys 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 3 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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