Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Milsted, Cameron County, Texas, 1867

Alexander Milsted registered to vote in Cameron County on August 7, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Cameron County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

Alexander Milsted

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Milsted
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Cameron County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Cameron County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Cameron County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cameron County highlighted
Cameron County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Alexander Milsted reported 3 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 4 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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