Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Madison, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
James Madison registered to vote in Freestone County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
James Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Madison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Madison in Freestone County
- Dennis Madisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Madisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
Madisons 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 20 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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