Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Sommers, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
James Sommers registered to vote in Cameron County on August 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cameron County
James Sommers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Sommers
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- 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 6 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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