Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gidon, Cameron County, Texas, 1867

Gidon registered to vote in Cameron County on July 1, 1867. He reported Connecticut as his birthplace and 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Connecticut and Texas marked
Born in Connecticut, registered in Cameron County, Texas
Connecticut
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

Gidon

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gidon
Place of birth
Connecticut
County of registration
Cameron County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Cameron County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Cameron County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cameron County highlighted
Cameron County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Gidon reported 13 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 1 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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