Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Patrick James, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Patrick James registered to vote in Fayette County on July 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Patrick James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Patrick James
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named James in Fayette County
- Charles Jamesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Daniel Jamesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- David James
- Henry Jamesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 21 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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