Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Monroe, Madison County, Texas, 1867
James Monroe registered to vote in Madison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Madison County
James Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Monroe
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Monroes 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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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