Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John James, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John James registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John James
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn James reported 10 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named James in Harrison County
- Anderson Jamesborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Dock Jamesborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Edmund Jamesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- George Jamesborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- George Jamesborn in South Carolina, 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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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