Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rubin James, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Rubin James registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% 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 Davis County
Rubin James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rubin James
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Davis County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named James in Davis County
- Moses Jamesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 61 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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