Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Foote, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
John Foote registered to vote in Cameron County on July 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
John Foote
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Foote
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Footes 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 2 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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