Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas James, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Thomas James registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Thomas James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas James
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsThomas James reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named James in Bastrop County
- Henry Jamesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Isaac Jamesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1834
- Sandy Jamesborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1855
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 47 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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