Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Cullum, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James Cullum registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Cullum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Cullum
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Cullum reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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