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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWilliam A. Price reported 2 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Prices 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 17 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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