Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Summers Ames McDuffy, Comal County, Texas, 1867

John Summers Ames McDuffy registered to vote in Comal County on August 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Comal County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

John Summers Ames McDuffy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Summers Ames McDuffy
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Comal County
2 years
Years in Texas before Comal County
12 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

John Summers Ames McDuffy reported 12 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

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 14 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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