Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jenkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
James Jenkins registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jenkins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Jenkins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Galveston County
- Alfred Jenkinsreached Texas about 1857
- John Jenkinsreached Texas about 1855
Jenkinses 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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