Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Butler, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Butler registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
James Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Butler
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Brazos County
- Albert Butlerreached Texas about 1849
- Jim Butlerreached Texas about 1848
- Wyatt Butlerreached Texas about 1864
Butlers 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 15 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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