Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Ringgold, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Christopher Ringgold registered to vote in Cameron County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Son of a US.Citizen from abroad" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Christopher Ringgold
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Ringgold
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Son of a US.Citizen from abroad"
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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