Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Cathy, Erath County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Cathy registered to vote in Erath County on August 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 7 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County
Aaron Cathy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Cathy
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Erath County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Erath County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Erath County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAaron Cathy reported 3 years more in Texas than in Erath County.
Other freedmen named Cathy in Erath County
- Granberry Cathyborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
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 Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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