Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William A. Price, Cameron County, Texas, 1869

William A. Price registered to vote in Cameron County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Cameron County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cameron County

William A. Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William A. Price
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Cameron County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Cameron County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Cameron County
2 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

2 years

William A. Price reported 2 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 17 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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