Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George James, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George James registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
George James
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George James
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. James"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Harrison Jamesborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
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 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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