Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Grace, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Grace registered to vote in Cameron County on November 18, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Grace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Grace
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Graces 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 11 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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