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