Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Patrick Fultz, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Patrick Fultz registered to vote in Cameron County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Patrick Fultz
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Patrick Fultz
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 4 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsPatrick Fultz reported 11 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
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 8 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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