Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter James, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter James registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Peter James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter James
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Welcome
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsPeter James reported 14 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named James in Austin County
- Hawkins Jamesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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