Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David James, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
David James registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- about 1869
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
David James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David James
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- 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
- 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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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