Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Fields, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
Samuel Fields registered to vote in Cameron County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
Samuel Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Fields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 10 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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