Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Butler, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Butler registered to vote in Harrison County on July 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Butler
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Harrison County
- Abram Butlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Christopher Butlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Elbert Butlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Jack Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Spencer Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
Butlers 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 18 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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