Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy James, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Sandy James registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Sandy James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy James
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSandy James reported 11 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
- Thomas Jamesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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