Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Parker, Cameron County, Texas, 1867

Moses Parker registered to vote in Cameron County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Cameron County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
about 1842
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

Moses Parker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Parker
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Cameron County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Cameron County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Cameron County
24 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

24 years

Moses Parker reported 24 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 3 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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