Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Sephos, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Sephos registered to vote in Cameron County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
Joseph Sephos
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Sephos
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 20 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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