Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Pompey, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
William Pompey registered to vote in Cherokee County on Sep. 24 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- 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 Cherokee County
William Pompey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Pompey
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Sep. 24 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
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 50 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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