Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Norah Sounds, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Norah Sounds registered to vote in Cameron County on August 20, 1867. He reported District of Columbia 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.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Norah Sounds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Norah Sounds
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years 1 month
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years 1 month
- 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. Cameron County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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