Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon James, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Simon James registered to vote in Grayson County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Simon James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon James
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 23 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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