Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Jinkins, Galveston County, Texas, 1868

James Jinkins registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Galveston County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

James Jinkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Jinkins
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
January 28, 1868
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Galveston County
2 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

James Jinkins reported 7 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Jinkins in Galveston County

Jinkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Jinkins 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 46 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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