Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Isam, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
James Isam registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Isam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Isam
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Isam reported 5 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
Isams 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 11 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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