Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Wesley, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Frank Wesley registered to vote in Cameron County on November 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Frank Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Wesley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsFrank Wesley reported 14 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Wesleys 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 8 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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