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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsDaniel James reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named James in Fayette County
- Charles Jamesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- David James
- Henry Jamesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- Patrick Jamesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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