Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Elbert Mennifee, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Elbert Mennifee registered to vote in Cameron County on July 7, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Elbert Mennifee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Elbert Mennifee
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsThomas Elbert Mennifee reported 11 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 2 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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