Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Cameron County on July 11, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years 6 months
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge Washington reported 2 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Cameron County
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Marshall Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
Washingtons 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 2 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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