Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry James, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry James registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Henry James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry James
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 30 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
- John Jamesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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