Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles James, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charles James registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles James
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named James in Fayette County
- Daniel Jamesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- 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. It sits on page 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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