Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Jenkins, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
John Jenkins registered to vote in Cameron County on August 21, 1867. He reported South 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.
- South 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 Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Jenkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Jenkinses 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 6 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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