Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel James, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Daniel James registered to vote in Fayette County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Daniel James

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel James
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 23, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
0.6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Daniel James reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named James in Fayette County

Jameses elsewhere in Texas

All 91 freedmen named James 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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