Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Cummings, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
George Cummings registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 11 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Cummings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Cummings
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge Cummings reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Cummings in Colorado County
- Elijah Cummingsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Cummingses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cummings
- Cummins 7
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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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