Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Butler, Maverick County, Texas, 1869
James Butler registered to vote in Maverick County on August 31, 1869. He reported 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Maverick County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Butler
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Maverick County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Maverick County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Butler"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Butler reported 1 year more in Texas than in Maverick County.
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 1 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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