Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry James, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry James registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Henry James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry James
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- 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
- 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. It sits on page 30 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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