Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Smith, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
John Smith registered to vote in Cameron County on January 30, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Smith
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Smith
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn Smith reported 7 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Other freedmen named Smith in Cameron County
- William Smithborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
Smiths 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 9 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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