Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Banks, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Banks registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
James Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Banks
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Banks in Brazoria County
- Albert Banksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Butler Banksborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Henry Banksborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Simon Banksborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
Bankses 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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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