Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis James, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Willis James registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Willis James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis James
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 13 years
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWillis James reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named James in Fort Bend County
- Albert Jamesreached Texas about 1852
- Henry Jamesreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Jamesreached Texas about 1866
- Tory Jamesreached Texas about 1866
- William Jamesreached Texas about 1866
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 40 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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