Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert McGraw, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert McGraw registered to vote in Cameron County on August 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 3 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Gilbert McGraw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert McGraw
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGilbert McGraw reported 19 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
McGraws 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 4 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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