Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Alexander, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
James Alexander registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Freestone County
James Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Freestone County
- Lewis Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Simon Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Westley Alexanderborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
Alexanders 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 28 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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