Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Jenkins, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Jenkins registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Brazos County
James Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Jenkins
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Brazos County
- Josiah Jenkinsreached Texas about 1832
- Robert Jenkinsreached Texas about 1865
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 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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