Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prunius Gusset, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Prunius Gusset registered to vote in Cameron County on August 28, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Prunius Gusset
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prunius Gusset
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsPrunius Gusset reported 4 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 7 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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