Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wooton, Houston County, Texas, 1867
James Wooton registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Houston County
James Wooton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wooton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Houston County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Morton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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