Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John James, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John James registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John James
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named James in Brazoria County
- Alvis Jamesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
- Charles Jamesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Everett Jamesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Jamesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Jamesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
Jameses 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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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