Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert James, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Robert James registered to vote in Nueces County on June 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored Sentenced to Penitentiary for 10 years" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Nueces County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Nueces County

Robert James

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert James
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
1
Registered
June 26, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Nueces County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Nueces County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Sentenced to Penitentiary for 10 years"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Robert James reported 2 years more in Texas than in Nueces 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 3 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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