Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Ely, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
George Ely registered to vote in Cameron County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Ely
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Ely
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Ely reported 1 year more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Elys 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 14 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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